Mark Hahn wrote me and convinced me that the problem I described is a
hardware problem, probably related to heat.
Testing bears this out.
I am still mystified as to why xemacs in particular should stress the
system more than everything else, but I've got the sanity check I was
looking for, and
I am having terribly frustrating system stability problems, and I
can't figure out whether I should suspect hardware or the kernel.
Software:
Any of Linux 2.2.17, 2.2.18, 2.4.1-AC3
Hardware:
Athlon Thunderbird 750mhz, running at rated speed
EPoX 8KTA2 VIA Athlon motherboard with VT82C686B Sout
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