>>>>> "kimmo" == Kimmo Hovi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
kimmo> Having used 8.2 with the default kernel (I know...) for 6 days now I've kimmo> stumbled on something.. After about 4 to 6 hours of use, I start getting kimmo> more and more system load. After 1.5 days, my system load is up to 20-ish, kimmo> and I can't get a root shell no more (!!). Console login doesn't happen kimmo> inside 15 minutes... Has anyone else observed similar behavior? Let me kimmo> point out, I'm not running any weird services or using any exotic kimmo> applications/hardware. As far as I can figure (Without delving deeper into kimmo> the matter, no thank you, I already do this for work!) it would seem like kimmo> a problem with the kernel or modprobe. kimmo> The hardware I'm using is a microstar MB with some VIA chipset, athlon kimmo> 700. eepro100 for a nic, tnt1 (diamond viper 550) for display adapter. An kimmo> old HP cd-rw using ide-scsi.o. kimmo> Also, using the stock kernel nets me a kernel panic (!!) if I try to kimmo> switch to another console early into bootup.. (Whose idea was it to make kimmo> the boot process quiet by default anyway? ;) could you send me the output of ps -aux at several hours intervals? I am running that kernel without problems here. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
