Re: Bug#38530: apt-get update hangs my machine (potato, powerpc)
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Sean McMillan wrote:
> When it locks up, I can still switch virtual consoles, and
> sometimes I can type into one, but I can never successfully start a new
> program (say, for example...kill?) The only way out is to reboot my
> machine, and then play with fsck.
Uhm, I suggest you email the kernel people not me. Your kernel self
destructing certainly can't be APT's fault. Some early 2.2 kernels did
this infrequently on i386, all processes would suddenly get stuck in the D
state and the machine would go down. Some bug in the mmu or something -
haven't seen it happen past 2.2.5
Jason
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