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Subject: Re: [2.4.1] system goes glacial, Reiser on /usr doesn't sync
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Kevin Turner wrote:

> Version:
> Linux version 2.4.1-pre12 (gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease))
> 
> Possible suspect players: 
>   dpkg seems to trigger the bug
>   ReiserFS is the partition that doesn't sync
>   binfmt_misc shows up in the call traces.
> 
> Symptoms:
> 
> The system assumes glacial speeds.  If you're *lucky*, you'll see one
> widget re-paint in X before the next ice age.  Ctrl-alt-delete is
> unresponsive, as are attempts to start proccesses via the network or
> joystick port.  Keypresses to programs such as getty are not echoed.
> All program output to console and network is stopped dead.  If you leave
> for a several-hour-long coffee break and come back to it, there's still
> no evidence that you banged on the keyboard.


Wild shot in the dark....I'd lay odds that you had about 6-7 Megs free 
in your buffers/cache line, yes?

-d

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