Subject: Re: 2.2.11 segfaults
From: David Webb (dvdwb@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 12 1999 - 23:14:28 PDT
--- Designer Seven <designer_7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had a lot of problems with 2.2.8 - 2.2.10 as
> well...
> so I stuck with 2.2.7 for quite some time...
> however,
> when I saw the optimistic message of a member of
> this
> list regarding 2.2.11.. I gave it a try, and it's
> been
> working flawlessly since I first booted up 2.2.11.
> In
> fact, mtv doesn't crash my X anymore... which was a
> bizzare problem I had with 2.2.7.
>
> As a usual test, I typically recompile gcc-2.95
> with make -j without arguments.. this can bring my
> load up to about 50.... this didn't crash
> anything...
> though X was very slow.... My machine is a
> PWS500a/256MB/AHA3940UW... I suppose different
> hardware will have different results.
>
> BY THE WAY... does anyone know if I can upgrade the
> L3
> cache on the motherboard from 2MB to 4MB? And if so,
> where can I buy the parts?
>
> D.
> --- Dan Morrill <morrildl@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've been having problems with kernels after
> 2.2.8;
> > 2.2.9 and later cause
> > segfaults under high system load. (e.g. causing
> > "rc5des" to segfault while
> > I'm compiling something, etc.)
> >
> > I even once had `ls` drop core while compiling
> > something in the background.
> >
> > Has anyone else noticed similar problems? My
> > machine is an SX164 with 128MB
> > of RAM and an NCR53c875.
> >
> >
> > 2.2.11 seems more stable than 9 and 10, but 2.2.7
> is
> > the most recent stable
> > kernel I've found.
> >
> > Dan Morrill
> > Computer Scientist, Physicist
> >
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Hi,
I've been looking for the 2.11 kernal for DEC alpha.
Can
someone direct me to an ftp site?
Thanks in advance
David
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