[plug] [rant] 2.6 Kernels

[Bill Kenworthy]

moriah htdocs # uname -a
Linux moriah.Localdomain 2.6.7-gentoo-r13 #1 Sat Aug 14 08:45:48 WST
2004 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
moriah htdocs # uptime
 17:13:17 up 18 days,  2:40, 12 users,  load average: 5.87, 5.83, 4.87


hmm, 18 days and I'm rebooting it tonight to move to 2.6.8 which works
fine (with loop, nvidia and cd burning) on two other machines.  This a
home gateway running the usual mysql, web server, mail, squid proxy and
anything else I can find (hence the load values above - its also part of
a compiler farm!)

BillK

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 17:05, Michael Collard wrote:

> 
> Been down that road. I'm running 6111 which are really great NVidia
> drivers. I've already proven the kernel to be the cause of the lockups.
> AFAIK, all versions pre 2.6.8.0-rc1 will cause lock ups after a week or
> so. Most mine made it was 5 days on 2.6.7 or 2.6.3 kernel.
>