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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 1998 18:45:43 -0500
From:      dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox)
To:        Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current locks my machine frequently
Message-ID:  <19980131184543.57933@scsn.net>
In-Reply-To: <199801311103.MAA05035@muon.xs4all.nl>; from Peter Mutsaers on Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:03:12PM %2B0100
References:  <199801311103.MAA05035@muon.xs4all.nl>

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On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:03:12PM +0100, Peter Mutsaers wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since one or two weeks, -current locks my machine often; mainly while
> using X and some larger programs (such as emacs, netscape) at the same
> time.
> 
> I wonder whether I'm the only one, because 1.5 weeks ago I also
> changed my motherboard, so that might have something to do with it
> too. I now use a motherboard with a Ali chipset and a Pentium
> 200MMX. It runs without crashes under WinNT however (though
> applications sometimes crash but that's pretty normal in WinNT).

No, you're definitely not the only one :-(

John Dyson made some changes last night that I had hoped would finally
fix the problem, but I just had the machine lock up again a few minutes
ago.  It always seems to occur when X is running (usually when Netscape
starts to swap heavily).




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