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    SubjectRe: Sudden, dramatic death with 2.0.17
    On Mon, 2 Sep 1996 brianc@saintjoe.edu wrote:

    > I can barely call myself hacker, but I try to run latest kernel revisions
    > on a variety of machines as an exercise in masochism.
    >
    > I just patched up to 2.0.17 on a GW2K, 16MB Pentium, ELF, etc. etc.
    >
    > I have had essentially rock-stable performance with previous kernel versions.
    > B/c I had read about problems with 15 & 16, I went 14->17.
    >
    > When I use PPP, the instant that the ppp daemon sends
    >
    > "Connect ppp0 <--> /dev/cua0"
    >
    > I am dead in the water. Nothing in the log files, but the system crashes
    > totally and has to be reset-ed.
    >
    Hmm, if you can get it to lock again, try messing with AltGr-ScrollLock
    (aka RightAlt-ScrollLock) to see where in the kernel you are (if that
    dosn't work, then the box is totaly locked :(.

    [...]
    > If there's some obvious dumb thing I'm doing, I'd be glad to hear about it.
    >

    Can't tell, you didn't give enough info to tell us that ;).

    > Thanks.
    >
    > Brian Capouch
    >

    Bryn
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    again :( and I don't care ;) | initiated.
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