From: pdhatchm@socs.uts.edu.au (Paul Hatchman) Subject: Re: [BUG REPORT] swapping trouble with 0.98-pl6 ?!? Date: 14 Dec 1992 22:12:03 GMT
ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) writes:
>I have been having trouble with 0.98-pl5 and 0.98-pl6 when
>running under X. The machine will suddenly lock when I try
>and run commands in an xterm window. This happens 1-4
>times an hour.
I too have had this problem. I have been playing round and trying to find the
cause, but so far have dome up with a big zero.
I compiled a straight pl6 kernel without scsi or tcpip and it still happens.
If I open up around 14 or so xterms i can get my machine to lock up.
But the same thing can happen when only 4 xterms are open and other stuff
is happening on my machine.
It has always happened when either I have opened up an xterm or someone has
telnetted into my machine. (this may just be co-incidence though)
Which suggested to me a pty allocation problem, but I have not been able to
reproduce this by opening all the ptys.
Also I have not been able to reproduce this by making the machine swap
excessively. Maybe it is a combination of the two?
I have no idea if it happens in 0.99 (will find out tonight i guess :)
My configuration:
486DX50 + 8Mb Ram
8Mb + 5Mb swap
0.98pl6 kernel
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