> The problem is with the workstations. They are running the newest kernel
> (2.1.129). These machines are locking up on me at least once a day. I have
> to cold reboot them to regain the control. Machines don't respond to
> anything (all of the xterms and consoles are dead, I can type in them but
> nothing happes or it takes a really long time to execute any command, 1-2
> minutes). There is planty of ram in the machines 128MB each and at least
> that much swap space on each workstation. The machines are not under
> heavy load, they are almost identical boxes and there is nothing unusual
> in their setup. Funny part is that as soon as I go back to 2.1.125 kernel
> everything works great. There is nothing in the system log and there are
> no oops-es or anything to point out what the problem could be.
> I have noticed that if the box respond to me after couple of minutes the
> load is much higher than expected.
It sounds like you are experiences what is now being called the
127/128 flu. 2.1.129 did not fix the problem but the fix made its way
into 2.1.129ac2. I'm running 2.1.129ac3 and all is quiet so far.
> Thank you for any suggestions on how to fix the problem or even find more
> information on what is causing it.
Get the ac3 patch from Alan Cox and apply that.
ftp://ftp.linux.ork.uk/pub/linux/alan/2.1/patch-2.1.129-ac3.gz
> Thanks
> fil
> P.S.
> I have tried testing different kernels and the problem appears with
> anything hewer that 2.1.125 kernel. If you need system config files, ask
> and I will email my configs.
Actually seems to have appeared somewhere between 2.1.127pre3 and
2.1.127pre6.
Mike
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