On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 06:59:43PM -0700, Matthew Hixson wrote:
> Just happened again. This time the machine was completely hosed and I couldn't
> even get in over the network. Therefore I don't have any post-lockup
> /proc/interrupts to show.
Pitty, but anyway...
> This time I had an uptime of about 8 days and was using XEmacs to do some
> programming. I did have Netscape running, but XEmacs definitely had the mouse
> focuse this time when it locked up.
Tell me more about the use of the mouse, use of the network. Was it heavy?
Simultaneous network activity and mouse activity?
> Linus, what do you think is the problem? And have you seen any patches that
> you think might fix this problem?
I think mingo is the one of this part of the interrupt code. Not Linus. Don't
bother Linus too much. I do have got a patch, that can help track the problem
down (it appears to show where the problem is)
> kernel 2.2.10
> X: XFree86 Version 3.3.2 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: March 2 1998
> dual PPro 180's on a Micronics W6-Li
> 64MB RAM
> Hercules Stingray 128-3D
> 2 IDE drives, one IDE CDROM
> no scsi
> serial mouse
And your /proc/interrupts? Everyone seems to forget that one... :)
Anyway. I'm going to send this patch to the list now, just because
there're to many people to send it to now... And it appears to work
stable.
So pick it from my next post.
Greetings,
Jos van de Ven
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