[svlug] 2.1.127/8 weirdness?

[Jonathan Sergent]

In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.981114133225.324I-100000 at calvin.captech.com>, George 
Bonser writes:
 ] On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Jonathan Sergent wrote:
 ] > Seemed to work both ways.  (Single CPU machine.)
 ] 
 ] Note that the slowdown can occur 24 hrs after booting or 24 seconds. I can
 ] not reproduce it on demand. Others have reported the problem too but I am
 ] trying to find something common with either the systems that NEVER have
 ] the problem or the ones that do. This one is using IDE disk. 2.1.125 has
 ] never shown the problem and I have beaten it to death. Also, the problem
 ] only seems to happen when little is going on with the system.

I've been running 2.1.x for the better part of the last year and have 
never encountered that.  I usually don't reboot except for when the
new kernels come out.

My system configuration:
 * i430TX chipset motherboard, AMD-K6-233 processor, 128MB RAM.
 * NCR 53c876 SCSI controller with disks, cd, tape.
 * No IDE disks (you said something about this?).
 * Sorta-cheapo Diamond Stealth something video board.
 * AWE32 audio board.
 * 3Com 3c590 ethernet.

I do happen to have APM compiled in, cause I wanted to play with it.
That or the IDE thing you mentioned are likely causes.  What you say about
"little is going on with the system" might mean an APM problem.


--jss.

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