Re: Swap problems persisting?

2001-05-29 Thread Peter Rasmussen
On Tue, 29 May 2001 22:55:43 Alan Cox wrote: >> I found myself in trouble with sudden shutdowns while playing DVDs (LiViD) and >sometimes >> running Mozilla 0.8.1 simultaneously, but running mozilla wasn't always necessary. >> > >Describe "sudden shutdown" more precisely first of all > I'm terr

Swap problems persisting?

2001-05-29 Thread Peter Rasmussen
I read in KT that virtual memory is a problem in recent 2.4 kernels. I found myself in trouble with sudden shutdowns while playing DVDs (LiViD) and sometimes running Mozilla 0.8.1 simultaneously, but running mozilla wasn't always necessary. That was with all 2.4.5 and following ac kernels. I ha

Bug in chipset or feature in kernel?

2001-05-24 Thread Peter Rasmussen
Is the below described problem a problem with my chipset, the memory subsystem in the kernel, a combination of those or something entirely different? Is there any test I should perform to investigate further eg. to find a workaround for a chipset limitation, if that is the problem? It looks as