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Date:      Mon, 28 Apr 1997 10:25:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970428184023.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199704281139.HAA16471@hda.hda.com>

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Hi Peter Dufault;  On 28-Apr-97 you wrote: 
> (To keep the jazz from spinning down send it a TEST UNIT READY
> every so often).

To keep this motor here from boiling over, use this here coathanger to tie
this belt together :-)))  I know this trick...  I was expecting Iomega, for
an initial order of 200 units to at least answer the question, or supply a
spec.  It is a dog-slow device anyway.


> > The last and most troubling problem is a complete crash/freeze when
> running
> > certain X11 applications;  At ONE point, we managed to observe a panic
> that
> > went something like:
> > 
> > Fata trap 12 page fault at 0xf71e0014
> > 
> > _spec_open+0x6e
> > _vm_open
> > _open
> > _syscall
> > _Xsyscall
> 
> Are you using LKMs?

Why does everyone ask about them?  I am.  The Linux emulation (not
executing),
the screen saver (not crashing), and OSS (Yes, i paid $20.00 for a binary 
without source, that probably crashes the system.  I will configure it off
and feel like a complete idiot if this turns out to be the problem.

Simon



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