Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:11:59 -0600 | From | TimO <> | Subject | Re: problems with 2.4.0-test8 |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Petko Manolov wrote: > > Richard Polton wrote: > > > > I am using 2.4.0-test8 on an i686 laptop. I find that netscape-4.72 > > > keeps locking up. I am not able to kill the process at all (without > > > a reboot, and SysRQ cannot do a sync on the partition it is running > > > in either). I have been advised that RvR's memory patches will fix > > > this but I have yet to try. (This behaviour also can be seen with > > > ppp-2.4.0, which is a trifle irritating 8-) > > > > I have the same kind of problems with 2.4.0-test8, test-9-pre[678]. > > > > I'd thought it is due to bug in my (usb pegasus) driver which i used > > most of the time. But i got the same crash with eepro100 which is > > considered to be fairly solid. > > > > The bug appears when netscape tries to switch the windows or open new > > one. I'm afraid the newest RvR's MM code is not so stable. > > You may want to try my latest patch ;) > > I have known about these problems for about 2 weeks, but > was away at conferences so couldn't create a clean enough > patch to send to Linus ;( > > http://www.surriel.com/patches/ > > regards, > > Rik > --
Actually, I think this particular problem in -test8 was with buffer.c for which DaveM submitted a patch some time ago. Check your logs for: kernel BUG at ll_rw_blk.c:711
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