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Date:      Fri, 26 Dec 1997 03:25:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        michael_class@bbn.hp.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X-Server hangs current-machine
Message-ID:  <199712260825.DAA00226@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <34A2A98E.FFF602E1@hpbbse.bbn.hp.com> from Micha Class at "Dec 25, 97 07:44:30 pm"

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Micha Class said:
> John S. Dyson said:
> 
> > Micha Class said:
> > > Hello,
> > >  
> > > with the latest changes in current my X-server hangs the machine.
> > > The changes that broke the Server are either in in_pcb.c 1.37 or
> > > in swap_pager.c 1.80 or in vm_pageout.c 1.104.
> > >
> > How much memory do you have?  If you have enough that your system is not
> > paging, then it is unlikely that the swap_pager or vm_pageout code is getting
> > exercised.  Dmesg would be helpful.
> 
> Enclosed is the output of dmesg on this machine, and the messages that X
> -probeonly
> (which works) delivers. An no, I do not beleeave, that the machine is
> pageing ...
> 
> The thre files I mentioned were the only ones that were changed between
> a working and a not working kernel :-(
> 
I think that I have been able to reproduce the problem that you have seen
on my PPro.  It doesn't fail right away for me, but eventually it does.

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.



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