From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751883AbWFVTQn (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:16:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751885AbWFVTQn (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:16:43 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:45228 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751883AbWFVTQm (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:16:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:19:27 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Al Boldi Cc: adaplas@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK crashes 2.6.17 Message-Id: <20060622121927.e7d27e9c.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <200606222036.45081.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200606211715.58773.a1426z@gawab.com> <200606220005.32446.a1426z@gawab.com> <4499E89F.6030509@gmail.com> <200606222036.45081.a1426z@gawab.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.5 (GTK+ 2.8.3; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:36:45 +0300 Al Boldi wrote: > Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Al Boldi wrote: > > > Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > >> Al Boldi wrote: > > >>> Enabling CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK causes random fatal system > > >>> freezes. > > >>> > > >>> Especially, ping 10.1 -A easily causes a complete system hang during > > >>> scroll. > > >>> > > >>> Is there an easy way to fix this, other than disabling the option? > > >> > > >> I can't duplicate your problem. Did it ever work before? > > > > > > This option did not exist before 2.6.17. > > > > I meant if you tried any of the -rc kernels. > > If -rc's were additive, I would probably use them. But they are not :( How big is that problem? You can use ketchup (http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/wiki/) or http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/grab-kernel-rc to automate that. --- ~Randy