I just tried to reproduce this on a 486DX-100 both in kernel-2.2.12 (RedHat
6.1 stock) and kernel-2.2.16 (updated RH6.1) and didn't have any errors at
all except a hatred for the beeping of the pc speaker.
Lee Howard
At 07:56 PM 7/25/00 +0200, Chipzz wrote:
>I have a reproducable way of locking up my whole machine: run less, go to
>the end of the file and keep the up arrow pressed down. This will eventual-
>ly lock up the whole machine. I allready mailed the writer of less, but I
>think it is a kernel problem. (It only happens when scroling up, not when
>scrolling down. Also repeatidly pressing up causes no problem, just holding
>it down)
>
>I forgot my .config at home, but it hapens with stock redhat 6.2 kernel,
>(2.2.14), with 2.2.14 without patches, and with 2.2.16 without patches. I
>think 2.2.10 was stable (without PCI built in), but I didn't stress-test
>it yet.
>
>Configuration is a pentium 166 with PCI, video-card is an S3 Trio 64 V+
>(PCI). The box gets totally locked up, no alt-sysrq, no console switching.
>The only way to get out is hitting the reset button.
>
>This doesn't happen on my 486 running 2.2.10.
>
>I suspect it is a timing problem of some kind, but I'm not certain.
>
>For more information, mail me in private, since I'm not on the list (tempo-
>rarily redirecting all kernel-traffic to /dev/null due to holidays, quota
>and no internet access at home).
>
>Chipzz AKA
>Jan Van Buggenhout
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