Anthony Campbell in message Total lockup with kernel 2.4.14 (Fri, 11/09 16:32):
> I had two lockups with kernel 2.4.12; I've just had another with 2.4.14. > I was online at all these times, using Acroread on the last occasion. > No key or mouse would work. The hard disk kept running. > > I think this may be a VM issue, because it doesn't seem to happen with > the Alan Cox patches. > > Anthony. This has happened to me twice at work using acroread (as plugged into Opera), and once at home using large fonts in the Gimp. After a reboot from the Gimp crash, I tried to use a large font again and hung X. Ctrl-Alt-BS got me out the second time, where it would not the first time. Both machines in question are 2.4.14 kernels. -David Rose
