Linux Sparc Lock-up...

[Duane Attaway]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Kurt Kessler wrote:

> I have a Sparc Clone (Axil 320) running Red Hat 6.2 and it is pulling a
> windoze on me here...  I have a fresh install, and i go to change the
> root password and create my user account, and it just locks up. I
> reboot, and all is fine. I then opened netscape so I can download Opera,
> and so I type in opera.com and it just locks up. Reboot and all is ok. I
> then decide to try Lynx thinking less strain on the system, and same
> thing. Anyone ever have this problem, or know a solution? The system is
> an Axil 320, Ross 100 mhz processor, 128mb of ram, 4 gb scsi drive. I am
> not getting any errors at all. It just flat locks up. I have NEVER had a
> linux system do this to me, so im a bit baffled. Any help would be
> appreciated.

This sounds like what happens when there is a resource conflict or a
problem with the hardware.  Creating a user often moves files around
creating disk and IO activity.  Its possible an interrupt from your hard
drive is conflicting with something else at the moment or possibly just a
malfunction of the memory bus and wait states that just can't wait or
something like that.  There might even be an obscure software patch for
that particular problem by slowing things down or limiting access to DMA,
etc.  Sounds like a good one!  I'd try a more recent and maintained port
of linux for your box.

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