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- From: wyk1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Won Y Kim)
- Subject: 2.1 kernel bug fix???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.032927.12012@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: wyk1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Won Y Kim)
- Organization: Columbia University
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:29:27 GMT
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- Hi all, I am a semi happy 2.1 Amiga Unix user...
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- I recently got olwm to start via xdm instead of twm and it does look
- really nice!
-
- Problem is, the kernel bug stated in the addendum for 2.1
- (where the swap space gradually dissolves away until there is no more..)
- is really apparent now.
-
- Every program that I run seem to eat up and never return some of the swap
- space. (via swap -s)
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- This slow death is extremely noticeable when under olwm/twm etc.. such
- that I can only start and stop a small number of tasks before my 27mb
- of swap is reduced to microscopic amounts.
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- This happens even w/o olwm active, alhough the progression is slower.
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- Now, this neccessitates the shutdown/rebooting of the machines every
- 2-3 days of normal (non olwm) useage..
-
- The question I have is..
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- AM I THE ONLY NE WHO IS TICKED OFF AT THIS??
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- If not, was there a FAQ somemwhere that explains how to stop it from
- happening??
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- Is there a fix for this bug?? I remember bits of a "fix disk" fo 2.1
- (or was that 2.03 that I am confusing with??)
-
- I waited ~1 year for 2.1 to come out, shelled out my meager savings
- to upgrade from 1.1, and now I find this... (sigh.....)
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- If there *is* a fix too this problem, someone please point me to it!
-
- Second query, if a A3000 has full 16mb of memory, are additional
- fastram from 040 cards mapped as contiguous?? (I am speaking of
- the PP&S Mercury)
-
- That is, can I use the fast ram from an accelerator card even if
- unix doesn't function with an 040??
-
- Any answers greatly appreciated.
-
- - Frustrated in NYC.
- - WYK!!
-
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- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
- Won Kim. Programmer ReProgrammer.
- "I am the SuperGrunt. The *Orginal* SuperGrunt. Perhaps you have heard of me?"
- - The Orginal SuperGrunt
-