On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:55:06 +1100 Peter McNeil <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > G'day all, > > did a yum update this morning which updated the kernel to > 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 then started my IDE and a largish program (java), as > soon as I hit the physical memory limit (2GB) the machine hangs > (freezes) sometimes the mouse freezes too. I have to power down to recover. > > ...]$ uname -a > Linux foo-foo.mcneils.net 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Feb 26 14:21:30 EST > 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > is this a known problem? Do you have any swap file(s)? What is the output of "free" (without the quotes). -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com