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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
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To: Sergio Costas <raster@rastersoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Bug in kernel 2.4.19?
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On 11 Sep 2002, Sergio Costas wrote:

> Hello:

Hi Sergio,

> I think I found a bug in kernel 2.4.19. I enclose all the information
> you say in www.kernel.org
>
> Bug in memory management in kernel 2.4.19
>
> This kernel seems to have a problem when a huge amount of memory is
> allocated by a program. In my case, I work with GIMP, with a picture of
> 5000 x 3500 pixels. When I try to move a 'big' selection (25% or more of
> the surface of the picture), my linux system simply reboots. No kernel
> panic, no hangs, no popups... simply reboots after accessing a lot to
> the hard disk (for memory swapping, of course). There's no problem with
> kernel 2.4.18 (I changed to it after discover this), so it seems to be a
> new bug.
>...

are there any messages in /var/log/syslog or in /var/log/messages that
might be related? Anything else that might give a hint where the problem
comes from?

cu
Adrian

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