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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:26:50 +0100 (BST)
From: Jim Randell <jim@imdb.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel Bug 2.4.{4,5} page_alloc.c:81
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Jim Randell writes:
> I've recently been getting strange system lock-ups - often my system
> just dies, but occasionally I get messages in dmesg. I've tried to
> isolate the problem by increasing the available swap (I now have > 2x
> RAM), removing my reiserfs partitions (I'm now running with ext2) and
> downgrading from kernel 2.4.5 to 2.4.4, but I'm still seeing the
> problem.

I think I've tracked this problem down to the D-Link DFE-530TX network
card, via-rhine driver and SMP (at least I've removed the card and put
the box through it's paces and not managed to get the problem to
recur).

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