Re: kernel BUG at slab.c:1542!(2.4.1-pre9)

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 01:58:22PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > This is not a kernel bug, This is a bug in the XFree86 TrueType rendering
> > extention. This has been discussed on the Xpert XFree86 mailing list. There
> > is a fix in the works (depends on the TrueType fonts your using).
> 
> A BUG is a BUG:
>  
> > > kernel BUG at slab.c:1542!
> 
> The kernel should never oops, no matter what user space does to it.

The kernel appears to run fine with this bug() removed.

BTW- gimp and a few other apps also manage to trigger it..