> On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:43:45AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > every now and then (i REALLY dont know at what specific actions) > > netscape freezes up my machine. i cannot do anything but switch off and > > let fsck do its magic. has anyone of you experienced this also? i > > have smp activated in the kernel, to use both of my processors. maybe > > thats a problem? i read several mailing list archives and the problem > > does seem to be known. only i havent found a solution yet. >
I used to see this...sort of. It would happen when I would do a text search on a large page. Netscape would start thrashing my hard disk and the computer would become unresponsive. What I found was that the machine didn't actually lock up. If I let netscape sit there thrashing on my hard disk for a sufficient amount of time (sometimes up to 5 minutes depending on the size of the page being search) then my computer would be fine again. Greg -- Greg Rowe Paranoia is a virtue. http://www.therowes.net
