I wonder if the orginal poster is using fbdev. I've seen lots of strange
little problems like this with fbdev.
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Lee Howard wrote:
> 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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