From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:49:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:49:41 -0400 Received: from sproxy.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:58168 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:49:26 -0400 Message-ID: <3B82AD39.1268A6F0@gmx.at> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 20:49:29 +0200 From: Wilfried Weissmann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-ac3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric W. Biederman" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OOPS] repeatable 2.4.8-ac7, 2.4.7-ac6 [I] just run xdos In-Reply-To: <20010819214322.D1315@squish.home.loc> <20010820211410.B218@squish.home.loc> <3B828898.BD98D4C4@gmx.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Eric W. Biederman" wrote: > > Wilfried Weissmann writes: > > > > I have the same problem on a K7-800. My kernel is 2.4.7-ac3 (with K7 > > optimization!). Everything else seems to work fine, but dosemu locks up > > the computer when running certain games. > > Sometimes I can play for quite some time (1/2 hour or more) without > > problems. Eventually it will freeze. It feels like it is triggered by > > mouse activity. > > Hmm. There are some similiar conditions. And it may be the same bug. > > Is your dosemu not suid root? And running in X when you are playing those > games? You don't have any ports lines in your dosemu.conf? > > It is very important to rule out dosemu doing direct hardware access, before investigating > something else like the kernel. I set $_videoportaccess = (0) This should not change anything since $_graphics=(0) too. However I experienced no more crashes. (???) > > Eric thanks, Wilfried