Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Path: not-for-mail From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: It happened again. Date: 29 Dec 1996 07:18:19 GMT References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Organization: Oriole: A South Bay Network site. Lines: 66 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
FWIW, I have NEVER had this happen even though I might leave Netscape up for two or three days at a time. I do not run irc or lynx. I also do not run a name server. I am running cnews with nntpd, wu-ftpd, smail, xntpd, fvwm2, XFree86-3.1.2, Linux 2.0.27, kerneld, inetd, lpd and have mgetty running on one serial port with a PPP dialup connection to my provider on the other port. System is 32Meg of RAM with 96M of swap on a Pentium 60. The system is under light load with scheduled UUCP dialouts and ppp connections for IP traffic. My services run under wrappers through inetd. <shrug> I have heard of this problem quite often but have never experianced it. One person about a year ago solved the problem by reseating all cards, memory modules and chips in sockets. The problem appeared after a hardware upgrade and disappeard after she took the system apart again and put it back together. BEWARE of serial devices that are plugged into a different power circuit from the computer. Most do not properly isolate pin1 and pin7 and you can end up with some NASTY getty respawn problems or flat out failure of serial ports because of it if there is a difference in ground potential between the two power circuits. Gith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : : My computer ( this one is brand new even! ) started running away again. : Its happened twice now, on two diff computers. This can't be a hardware : problem. : : First time: : On a 386sx-20 with 4megs RAM : : Second time: : On a 486dx4-100 with 8megs RAM : : The first time I thought it might be a hardward problem since my monitor : died the next morning( it was barely hanging on as it was) : This time though, its a new computer only days old. : : This time, I wasn't logged out and not allowed back in. I was able to : run ps -ax and found no programs running that shouldn't have been. : I did type free and noticed that my swap space was filling up fast. : I kill everything on my other vts and logged out of all except one. : Then the runaway stopped. I was once again connected to my ISP at the : time. I was running lynx and irc. The last time this happened i : was running slrn and irc. So, its either got to be a system problem : or someone on irc found a nice exploit to play with or the irc program : itself has problems. : : Any suggestions? ( Besides staying off irc ) : : -- : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : Willie Daniel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://users.quicklink.net/~gith/ : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : -- : TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] : -- George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
