Re: Will setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 fix constant RH9 crashes?

[Michael Fratoni <mfratoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday 16 April 2003 09:31 pm, Tod Liebeck wrote:
> Unfortunately the answer is "all of the above". :)  I do not think I
> have experience a kernel panic yet, as in all cases I have still been
> able to ping the machine.  So far I've experienced the following:

So it doesn't appear to be a deadlock.

> - Kernel drops all support for USB.  This is bad when you have a USB
> keyboard and mouse.  This has happened several times on different
> machines.  Plugging in a PS/2 kybd lets me reboot.

Sorry no usb devices here and I don't see any similar reports in bugzilla.

> - Complete freeze.  X stops working, cannot switch to console.  Cannot
> SSH into machine.  Machine still responds to ping.  This has happened
> twice, but only on one machine so far.  (The other machine is at home,
> and has thus far been rarely used).
> - X crash.  Running Matrox Millennium 2.  Haven't seen one of these in
> a while (never w/8)

You might try asking about these on the xfree86 list
(xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx)

> - Java does crazy things.  Sometimes it crashes, sometimes my servlet
> container can't extract JAR archvives.  Other weirdness.  Never saw
> this w/8, and I'm running the supposedly approved Sun 1.4.1_02 VM.

There is a 1.4.2 beta available from Sun that might be worth a try.

> I haven't seen a greater-than-average amount of trouble from staticly
> linked apps, to the best of my knowledge.

What is installed on the machines that isn't part of the stock distro, if 
anything?

I know, not much help, sorry. 
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