From: "lafanga lafanga" <lafanga1@hotmail.com>
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proliant hangs with 2.4 but works with 2.2.
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:35:58 -0000
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Alan,

You were spot on. Indeed touching the device file causes it to hang. Should 
I recompile the kernel in a particular way to avoid this?

Many Thanks.

>From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>To: lafanga1@hotmail.com (lafanga lafanga)
>CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: Proliant hangs with 2.4 but works with 2.2.
>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:53:59 +0000 (GMT)
>
> > The programs 'gpm', 'kudzu' and 'startx' all hang the server immediately
> > after they exit (with exit status 0). I cannot pinpoint why the kernel 
>hangs
> > and would appreciate any help. The only thing I suspect it may be is 
>that it
>
>The three of them all touch the mouse. Does
>
>dd if=/dev/psaux of=/dev/null count=256
>
>also hang the box ?
>

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