From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: SLS 1.03: everything hangs except VT switching Date: 7 Oct 1993 14:29:03 +0200
In article <CEHCtD.AC1@eunet.ch>, Kurt Mueller <mu@pax.eunet.ch> wrote:
>rcollins@ns.encore.com (Roger Collins) writes:
>: I have installed SLS 1.03 and it has this annoying habit. About once a
>: day, on average, it just hangs. Everything seems hung except you can
>: still switch between VTs. No other keyboard input works, though, just
>: VT switching.
>:
>: Has anyone else seen this or know how to fix?
>:
>: Roger Collins
>
>I expirience the same, when I compile big programms, and there is
>all memory and swap space used. Watch memory and swap with 'top'.
Try updating your kernel to 0.99.13, which fixes at least one memory
management bug which can result in a dead machine in pl12. Pl13 seems
to be reasonably stable - I haven't had too many complaints yet,
Linus