Hello, all. I just switched from RedHat to Debian on my home machine, and I am very impressed. I needd a number of packages, set the ftp install running, went to bed, and woke up to the configuration script. This and tons of other stuff has almost completely converted me.
This is a problem which people have referenced on linux.dev.kernel, but I figured that I'd follow the advice I give to others, and come here first. When I try to remake my kernel, the `make dep` hangs and starts chewing CPU. Below are the last 10 lines of the strace: >>> write(1, "rm -f .hdepend\n", 15) = 15 brk(0x8033000) = 0x8033000 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5680 sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL) = 0 wait4(-1, [WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0], 0, NULL) = 5680 write(1, "gawk -f scripts/depend.awk `find"..., 113) = 113 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5681 wait4(-1, <<< As you can see, it hangs, apparently, in the middle of a "wait" call and just shoots the loadavg through the roof; it has to be killed after that. I have a clean 1.1-stable release that I installed three days ago. Nothing is on the machine not from a .deb package other than ssh. I did apply Alan Cox's suggested kernel patch. 386/40, 16MB RAM, 1.0GB IDE, etc. Feel free to email me instead of cluttering the list. If anyone needs more info, I'm happy to provide it. If I do figure it out, I'll be sure to post the answer here. TIA, and keep up the good work. Todd _____________________________________________________________________ Todd Graham Lewis Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Standard Disclaimers) (800) 719 4664, x2804
