Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Oct 2002 22:36:03 +0200 (CEST) | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Bug in kernel 2.4.19? |
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On 11 Sep 2002, Sergio Costas wrote:
> Hello:
Hi Sergio,
> I think I found a bug in kernel 2.4.19. I enclose all the information > you say in www.kernel.org > > Bug in memory management in kernel 2.4.19 > > This kernel seems to have a problem when a huge amount of memory is > allocated by a program. In my case, I work with GIMP, with a picture of > 5000 x 3500 pixels. When I try to move a 'big' selection (25% or more of > the surface of the picture), my linux system simply reboots. No kernel > panic, no hangs, no popups... simply reboots after accessing a lot to > the hard disk (for memory swapping, of course). There's no problem with > kernel 2.4.18 (I changed to it after discover this), so it seems to be a > new bug. >...
are there any messages in /var/log/syslog or in /var/log/messages that might be related? Anything else that might give a hint where the problem comes from?
cu Adrian
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