Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262286AbTI1AoM (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:44:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262290AbTI1AoM (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:44:12 -0400 Received: from tibor.swiftdsl.com.au ([202.154.92.226]:10379 "EHLO tibor.swiftdsl.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262286AbTI1AoK (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:44:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:40:47 +1000 (EST) From: Jason Lewis X-X-Sender: jason@car.swiftel.com.au To: Roger Luethi cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [BUG 2.6.90-test5] kernel shits itself with 48mb ram under moderate load In-Reply-To: <20030927172639.GA19176@k3.hellgate.ch> Message-ID: References: <20030927172639.GA19176@k3.hellgate.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Roger, Thanks for your reply. I realised my swap space was version 0, and 2.6 doesn't support it, so it wasn't enabling swap. Problem solved. Thanks, Jason On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Roger Luethi wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:26:34 +1000, Jason Lewis wrote: > > I seem to be experiencing some problems with it. boot and load X ok, but > > as soon as I try and do anything interesting in X, like run xchat, or > > apt-get update, the system grings to a halt. the load goes through the > > roof, and the hdd starts grinding away madly. > > > > But I can run my system quite succesfully under 2.4 > > > > [...] > > > > Script started on Sun 28 Sep 2003 00:56:41 EST > > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- > > r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa > > [...] > > 1 8 0 3360 836 6024 0 0 16404 16 3666 2158 1 13 0 86 > > 1 11 0 3504 828 5888 0 0 14956 4 6185 3344 0 11 0 89 > > 3 9 0 3392 816 6016 0 0 6864 0 3903 2088 0 11 0 89 > > 2 13 0 3464 820 5880 0 0 11148 0 3105 1960 0 12 0 87 > > 0 12 0 3424 816 6008 0 0 19712 0 5519 3184 0 12 0 87 > > ^^^^ > Looks like you don't have swap enabled. Are successful 2.4 runs with or > without swap? > > Roger > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/