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From: gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Occasional system hangs
Keywords: n
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Date: 12 Dec 92 00:04:37 GMT
References: <1g95ueINNhri@manuel.anu.edu.au> <andrewh.724059111@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> <1gaclpINN84v@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <1992Dec11.210430.17335@coe.montana.edu>
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In article <1992Dec11.210430.17335@coe.montana.edu>,
osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
> In article <1gaclpINN84v@hrd769.brooks.af.mil>
> news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) writes:
> >-Time for more RAM I guess!
> >>
> >
> > I don't think more RAM will help. I have 32M of RAM and and 32M
> swap
> >partition. It still hangs. nroff is the usual culprit for me.
>
> The fix for this is to fix G++, re-compile it, and then recompile
> groff
> with the fixed GCC. The patch for g++ will be in the next patchkit.
> [If I ever get it finished :-(]
This might be a problem but are you sure it is not simply masking another?
A bum compile of a user level program should never cause the system to hang.
Shouldn't Andrew still be able to ping his system?
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