bash and msec level = 3 If I remember, I'll try using a different shell to see if that makes a difference.
Rob et wrote: >what shell are you using? (bash? korn?) what Msec level are you at? > > >On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:35 pm, you wrote: > >>I've tried to query all of you gurus before regarding various hangs on >>my system, but as far as I can tell, nobody has replied to my question. >> So, I'll give it a go again. I've read everything on the mailing list >>that was written in the last three months about system hangs and freezes >>with both 8.1 and 8.2, but none have addressed the problem that I have >>been seeing. Most have described complete system freezes where nothing >>could be done besides a reboot, but what I am seeing is a bit different. >> >>I have installed 8.2 on a Dell Precision 410 (Pentium III - 500). >> Everything works fine for a while, and then within a period of 24 to 72 >>hours, the system develops a strange disregard for any terminal / shell >>sessions. Interestingly, I had a similar problem with 7.2 on the same >>model machine, and it went away, but I have no idea what cured it. The >>strange thing about this is that any current terminal sessions that are >>in progress have no problems, and I can do any normal command-line work >>without problems. If I am logged into a window manager such as KDE, I >>also have no problem starting applications from icons as long as they do >>not require a shell to begin or to work properly. If I am using a shell >>when this anomaly occurs, and I try to su to another user, it will try >>to start another shell, but will hang. At first I thought that the >>problem might be related to something with the network. But when I am >>waiting for the hanging shell, I can browse the web, etc. Another >>interesting bit is that I can ssh into the machine, and will be given a >>login prompt, but as soon as ssh tries to invoke a shell, the login hangs. >> >>I am really at a loss as to what the problem might be. It seems to be >>related to shells acquiring a tty, but I'm not sure about that. Now >>that I think of it, next time this happens, if I have a terminal open, >>I'll try to do a strace on a new shell session to see where the hangup >>occurs. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. One other thing >>that might be related is the fact that I've had problems shutting the >>system down cleanly. The entire shutdown process gets hung up when it >>tries to umount the /net subdirectory. I turned off amd, and so far >>that seems to have helped, but I only made that change yesterday, so I >>cannot be completely sure. >> >>I'm not sure how experienced some people on this list are with deep >>problems like this. The silence from the last one leaves me to believe >>that either nobody has a clue or that nobody is interested (because >>nobody else has experienced the same problem -- at least nobody has >>described the same problem). Either way, if I figure it out, I'll try >>to detail what the problem was and how to resolve it. >> >>Rob >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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