From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA18130 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:36:45 -0700 Received: from pc188-bre9.cable.ntl.com (HELO rhirst.linuxcare.com) (213.105.88.188) by mailserv2.iuinc.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2001 19:40:37 -0000 Received: by rhirst.linuxcare.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 68421B009; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:29:10 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:29:10 +0000 From: Richard Hirst To: "Phillip D. Beal" Cc: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Kernel Swapping yet? Message-ID: <20010124192910.I3571@linuxcare.com> References: <20010122104912.B56158@athena.louisville.edu> <20010124105507.D3571@linuxcare.com> <20010124103552.A160226@athena.louisville.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20010124103552.A160226@athena.louisville.edu>; from pdbeal@louisville.edu on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:35:52AM -0500 List-ID: On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:35:52AM -0500, Phillip D. Beal wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:55:08AM +0000, Richard Hirst wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 10:49:12AM -0500, Phillip D. Beal wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > I've been playing around with the 715 I got to boot, and I've found an > > > odd occurance. If I open an existing file with vi, and hit escape the > > > kernel crashes. It doesn't matter if the file is locally or on a remote > > > system it does it either way. So, I remeber the instructions from the > > > PA-Linux 0.1 CD saying the kernel isn't useing the swap space yet. Is > > > this still true? I know the problem is not vi because the kernel dies > > > even if I use vi on the remote system. The PARISC system dies when I go > > > to hit ESC to exit insert mode of vi. > > > > I don't recall ever seeing that problem on my 715/75. What kernel and > > userspace are you using? > > A build from the 20010109 CVS that I downloaded via CVS. However, I'm > still using the filesystem from tha palinux-0.5 CD. the problem only > happens when I use the physical console on the 715/80. If I use the > Serial login, the kernel does not die. Ah, ok. I only have serial consoles here, so I can't try and reproduce that. Hope someone else responds... Richard