Re: Unable to load interpreter // VM thrashing or hardware ???

[Stefan Boresch <stefan mdy univie ac at>]

Thanks for all the replies:

> How many iterations of this program does it usually require to fail?  I'm
> reluctant to run it for too long since it fills up all of RAM and brings my
> machine to a crawl...  However, it passed the first time through.  (still
> running...I'll let you know if it fails)

The problem shows up for me after 4-10 iterations, most often 4 or 5
though (on the otherwise empty machine this translates between 30 - 60
minutes.

I'll try the 2.0.36 kernel next, and I'll try to increase the
parameters in /proc/sys/vm/freepages (somewhen back in the past that
would help prevent some hangs).

The UX on which the test runs fine for me also has two swap partions,
so I doubt that this causes the problem.  But maybe it's really
the Adaptec driver...

Stefan Boresch