Re: Problems w/ memory?


Subject: Re: Problems w/ memory?
From: Samuel Rydh (samuel@ibrium.se)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2001 - 12:07:22 MDT


On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 09:43:48AM -0500, Brice D Ruth wrote:
> Hi there - I recently upgraded my iMac DV (summer 2000, slot loading) to
> 1G of RAM. Since then, I've been crashing a tremendous amount whenever
> MOL is running. Even if I'm not doing anything - say I leave my
> computer for a little bit, if I come back, it is unresponsive - I have
> to hit the reset button, it no longer responds to ssh connection
> attempts or anything of that nature. I have MOL set to use 768M -
> leaving Linux w/ 256M. I'm running kernel 2.4.4-6.2mdk (Linux Mandrake)
> w/ MOL 0.9.60, from shortly before Sam went to MacWorld.

I recommend you try the 2.4.6 kernel (or later) from BenH.
The 2.4.X kernel has suffered from various MM problems.
(and... remember to turn of SMP and thermal support).

Regards,

/Samuel

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