Re: [OOPS] repeatable 2.4.8-ac7, 2.4.7-ac6 [I] just run xdos

Wilfried Weissmann
2001-08-21T18:49:50Z

"Eric W. Biederman" wrote:
>
> Wilfried Weissmann <Wilfried.Weissmann@gmx.at> 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