[parisc-linux] Kernel Swapping yet?

Phillip D. Beal pdbeal@louisville.edu
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:35:52 -0500


On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:55:08AM +0000, Richard Hirst wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 10:49:12AM -0500, Phillip D. Beal wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I've been playing around with the 715 I got to boot, and I've found an
> > odd occurance.  If I open an existing file with vi, and hit escape the
> > kernel crashes.  It doesn't matter if the file is locally or on a remote
> > system it does it either way.  So, I remeber the instructions from the
> > PA-Linux 0.1 CD saying the kernel isn't useing the swap space yet.  Is
> > this still true? I know the problem is not vi because the kernel dies
> > even if I use vi on the remote system.  The PARISC system dies when I go
> > to hit ESC to exit insert mode of vi.
> 
> I don't recall ever seeing that problem on my 715/75.  What kernel and
> userspace are you using?

A build from the 20010109 CVS that I downloaded via CVS.  However, I'm
still using the filesystem from tha palinux-0.5 CD.  the problem only
happens when I use the physical console on the 715/80.  If I use the
Serial login, the kernel does not die.

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