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problems with the X server



hi!

i have upgraded recently to woody which provides:

xserver-xsun   3.3.6-11       X server for 8-bit Sun framebuffers

from time to time the xserver freezes and the hdd is heavly accessed;
(i'm not having more than 3 or 4 netscape windows and an xemacs one...)
i'm getting in the /var/log/messages something like:

Oct  4 18:13:52 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:13:52 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:20 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sshd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sshd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypbind...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for syslogd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for tcplogd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for tcplogd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xterm...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx last message repeated 2 times
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for omniNames...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx last message repeated 2 times
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for communicator-
sm...
Oct  4 18:15:22 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for Xsun...
Oct  4 18:16:04 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Oct  4 18:16:20 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Oct  4 18:17:36 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Oct  4 18:18:00 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Oct  4 18:18:00 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Oct  4 18:18:00 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for tcplogd

what the heck is this?...

thanx!
bye now!
cristian
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But it's made in a Hollywood basement
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