On Tuesday 22 January 2002 02:20 pm, Dossy wrote:
> That should segfault, but if it's inside a thread, memory protection
> in the Linux kernel doesn't seem to stop the thread from hosing memory
> it's not allowed to touch.  That's my guess as to why my box keeps
> panicking, at least.

Trying to stave off the obvious here:  you have at least twice as much swap
as physical RAM, right?  The 2.4.x kernel can die a horrible screaming death
if swap isn't larger than twice RAM -- under many conditions, segfaulting
being one of them.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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