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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Xenix System Hang
Message-ID: <8517@alice.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 88 04:21:19 GMT
References: <766@wasatch.UUCP>
Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP ()
Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs
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In article <766@wasatch.UUCP> kessler%cons.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (Robert R. Kessler) writes:
>We are having problems with SCO 386 Xenix and are looking for some help.
>
>Here is the scenario:
>
> [scenario about a system slowly dying (or hanging) deleted]

This story sounds like it is a memory allocation problem. I looks like the
program is slowly but surely allocating more and more memory. The system
then needs more and more time to free up memory for additional processes.

My suggestion: Let all 6 users start working and then perform a "ps -el"
about every 5 minutes and watch the size of the program. It may not even
take 3 hours to reach the problem as the system will now have the additional
problem of finding memory to run the ps as well.

Paul.
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