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Re: [PLUG] RH 6.2 unstable?
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:45:23AM +0500, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> I've been told in the past that RH 6.2 is an unstable version of RH
> linux. Well, I'm using 6.2, and I now tend to agree. In the past
> few days, I've had my PC slowing down to a freeze or the Gnome pager die
> on me!!
I just want to focus in of this statement and avoid all of the
KDE/gnome/helix, sawfish/e/wm, etc. stuff going on on the other part
of this thread.
I do not know which version of the pager comes with RH6.2, but an
early version of the gnome pager was prone to memory leaks and would
cause X to fail within 1 day. This was some time ago and has been
fixed in later versions.
>
> I expect LInux to be able to handle a heavy app load, and keep going
> indefinitely without having to reboot.....is this an unrealistic
> expectation?
No, it is not unrealistic. The problem is likely one process that is
doing "Bad Things". It could be a memory leak, it could be lost file
pointers, it could be any number of things. I would suggest two
things to help diagnose your problem.
1) Read and apply the updates suggested on the RH website for 6.2
These would be the gotchas, workarounds, security issues and bug fixes
listed on http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl62.html
2) Learn some of the system diagnostic tools available. Some of these
can be added to your pager to watch memory and swap usage - useful to
determine if memory is leaking. Also good is the command line util
top. It displays mem usage, processor usage and a bunch of other good
stuff. Use it to get periodic snapshots of the state of your running
machine and see what is causing your system degradation.
>
> Is RH 7 better than 6.2?? Is it worth upgrading?
The gcc problem in RH7.0 has been discussed else where on this topic.
I have heard people say "yes, RH7.0 is as bad as it sounds" I would
suggest upgradeing individual packages rather than the entire
distribution. I get the feeling you are new to Linux, so all
complaints about security aside using Helix-GNOME and gnorpm might be
the easiest ways to go about this.
Lastly,
Good Luck,
Welcome to Linux,
We are here to help,
Greg
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