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Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:57:30 -0800
From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: Anthony Campbell <a.campbell@doctors.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Total lockup with 2.4.14
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:29:34PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I've had 3 total lockups with kernel 2.4.12 and now one with 2.4.14.
> 
> I was online at the time, using Acroread on this occasion. No key would
> work, nor would the mouse.
> 
> This doesn't seem to happen with the Alan Cox patches, so perhaps it is
> something to do with VM.
> 

Don't assume that.

The -ac patch includes many more things than just the previous VM.

You should include the Oops, if it did oops.

Also, you should include your .config, and a "lspci -vv" of the affected
system.

Mike
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