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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-20 11:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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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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