>>>>> "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

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