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From: David <david@blue-labs.org>
To: He-Who-Is-Not-Subscribed-to-LKML <acapnotic@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.4.1] system goes glacial, Reiser on /usr doesn't sync
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 03:33:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A92560D.2040304@blue-labs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010220021609.B11523@troglodyte.menefee>

Kevin Turner wrote:

> Version:
> Linux version 2.4.1-pre12 (gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease))
> 
> Possible suspect players: 
>   dpkg seems to trigger the bug
>   ReiserFS is the partition that doesn't sync
>   binfmt_misc shows up in the call traces.
> 
> Symptoms:
> 
> The system assumes glacial speeds.  If you're *lucky*, you'll see one
> widget re-paint in X before the next ice age.  Ctrl-alt-delete is
> unresponsive, as are attempts to start proccesses via the network or
> joystick port.  Keypresses to programs such as getty are not echoed.
> All program output to console and network is stopped dead.  If you leave
> for a several-hour-long coffee break and come back to it, there's still
> no evidence that you banged on the keyboard.


Wild shot in the dark....I'd lay odds that you had about 6-7 Megs free 
in your buffers/cache line, yes?

-d


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-02-20 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20010220011536.A10778@troglodyte.menefee>
2001-02-20 10:16 ` [2.4.1] system goes glacial, Reiser on /usr doesn't sync Kevin Turner
2001-02-20 10:30   ` Keith Owens
2001-02-20 11:33   ` David [this message]
2001-02-20 12:24     ` Kevin Turner
2001-02-20 16:25     ` Chris Mason
2001-02-20 12:34   ` Kevin Turner
2001-02-23 23:35   ` Dwayne C. Litzenberger
2001-02-24  2:21     ` Dwayne C. Litzenberger

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