From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 31 15:46:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28293 for current-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:46:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.scsn.net (scsn.net [206.25.246.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28287 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:46:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmaddox@scsn.net) Received: from rhiannon.scsn.net ([209.12.57.30]) by mail.scsn.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-41950U6000L1100S0) with ESMTP id AAA125; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 18:43:47 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by rhiannon.scsn.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA00587; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 18:45:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: <19980131184543.57933@scsn.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 18:45:43 -0500 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: Peter Mutsaers , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current locks my machine frequently Reply-To: dmaddox@scsn.net Mail-Followup-To: Peter Mutsaers , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199801311103.MAA05035@muon.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199801311103.MAA05035@muon.xs4all.nl>; from Peter Mutsaers on Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:03:12PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" 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).