On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:33:04AM +0200, radoslav hodnicak wrote:
> 
> Oh. You might be hitting the VM bug with memory adresses above 2GB range, 
> I had such problem on 2.6 linux kernel systems. An easy check it to add 
> lots of stuff to a collection in a loop (or any other way to burn memory 
> quickly) and see if the image locks up (the symptoms are, among others, 
> high CPU usage). I've always managed to lock up the image this way after 
> allocating about 130mb. Using the -memory switch helps, I get low memory 
> notification but the image doesn't lock up.
> 
> rado
Is the bug specific to the 2.6 kernel?  I'm on 2.4.  (I'm not sure if
your message was directed to Lex with his 2.6 specific problems).

Nothing indicates I'm approaching 2G (unless 1G is considered
approaching 2G); would the bug have any relevance to me?  I certainly
have big collections.
Ross