Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.12: High disk activity + system load causes lockup.

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Peter Hamilton wrote:

> 2.4.12: High disk activity + system load causes lockup.
> 
> The first time this happened, I was copying .wav files from a vfat
> partition (about 30..80Mb each).  The second time I was running lame
> whilst downloading news.  I found the problem can be reliably reproduced
> by simply copying large files around (copy two lots at the same time
> and the system dies within 10..30 seconds).  Nothing is printed to
> the console or written to any log files, and the only way to recover
> is to hit the reset button.
> The system seems stable in every other respect.
> 
> I've moved back to 2.4.6 which is fine.  Also tried downloading
> a new 2.4.12 and configuring from scratch.
> 
> I'm not subscribed to this list, so please Cc: if you want me to
> see replies.

Pete, 

Please try to reproduce the problem without the Nvidia driver loaded.

Thanks.