Re: 2.1.94 still locks up hard after a few minutes

Pavel Machek (pavel@elf.ucw.cz)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:48:40 +0200


> >> == Adam Richter
> > == linker@nightshade.ml.org
> >> In case there is a fix that you were trying in 2.1.94, I
> >> I must report that this problem persists in 2.1.94. I can also
> >> confirm that the problem occurs within about five minutes of
> >> booting even if I do not start X windows. I hope this
> >> data point is helpful.
> >[snip his hardware]
>
> >Well it's still okay for me, though where can I tune it so that it swaps a
> >little more agressivly, I'de like to free up some pages for swap.
>
> The problem I have experienced is probably not related to swapping.
> The system is basically inactive when it freezes. For example, I
> can get it to this within five minutes by not even touching the computer
> after it has booted.

Kill kmod. Configure it out, it is much too broken. Machines will not
even boot with it on sparc, and it probably can cause random
corruption of memory.

Pavel

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