Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:55:15 -0600 | From | Lee Howard <> | Subject | Re: less locking up console |
| |
I just tried to reproduce this on a 486DX-100 both in kernel-2.2.12 (RedHat 6.1 stock) and kernel-2.2.16 (updated RH6.1) and didn't have any errors at all except a hatred for the beeping of the pc speaker.
Lee Howard
At 07:56 PM 7/25/00 +0200, Chipzz wrote: >I have a reproducable way of locking up my whole machine: run less, go to >the end of the file and keep the up arrow pressed down. This will eventual- >ly lock up the whole machine. I allready mailed the writer of less, but I >think it is a kernel problem. (It only happens when scroling up, not when >scrolling down. Also repeatidly pressing up causes no problem, just holding >it down) > >I forgot my .config at home, but it hapens with stock redhat 6.2 kernel, >(2.2.14), with 2.2.14 without patches, and with 2.2.16 without patches. I >think 2.2.10 was stable (without PCI built in), but I didn't stress-test >it yet. > >Configuration is a pentium 166 with PCI, video-card is an S3 Trio 64 V+ >(PCI). The box gets totally locked up, no alt-sysrq, no console switching. >The only way to get out is hitting the reset button. > >This doesn't happen on my 486 running 2.2.10. > >I suspect it is a timing problem of some kind, but I'm not certain. > >For more information, mail me in private, since I'm not on the list (tempo- >rarily redirecting all kernel-traffic to /dev/null due to holidays, quota >and no internet access at home). > >Chipzz AKA >Jan Van Buggenhout >-- > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > UNIX isn't dead - It just smells funny > Chipzz@ULYSSIS.Org >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |