Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:25:59 -0500 | From | Chris Mason <> |
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 03:33:33 AM -0800 David <david@blue-labs.org> wrote:
> Kevin Turner wrote: > >> Version: >> Linux version 2.4.1-pre12 (gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease)) >> >> Possible suspect players: >> dpkg seems to trigger the bug >> ReiserFS is the partition that doesn't sync >> binfmt_misc shows up in the call traces. >> >> Symptoms: >> >> The system assumes glacial speeds. If you're *lucky*, you'll see one >> widget re-paint in X before the next ice age. Ctrl-alt-delete is >> unresponsive, as are attempts to start proccesses via the network or >> joystick port. Keypresses to programs such as getty are not echoed. >> All program output to console and network is stopped dead. If you leave >> for a several-hour-long coffee break and come back to it, there's still >> no evidence that you banged on the keyboard. > > > Wild shot in the dark....I'd lay odds that you had about 6-7 Megs free in > your buffers/cache line, yes? >
David, have any of Rik's patches helped here?
-chris
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