Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 2 May 1996 11:25:45 +1200 (NZST) | From | "J. Sean Connell" <> | Subject | Re: Couldn't get a free page..... (fwd) |
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On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> I've had this occasionally too, on different machines, with 1.3.81, > 1.3.90 and 1.3.94. Once with 1.3.90 it was while doing a backup from > SCSI disk onto SCSI tape, and shortly after the tape driver stopped > working with a message about being unable to allocate a buffer. After > that I couldn't use the tape at all until I rebooted. > I get this message frequently&often with 1.3.84 (haven't been brave enough to push the envelope much beyond that :), usually when I first start PPP. I also get it if I increase the number of VCs with agettys after bootup (sometimes when I do that, all I can see is "Couldn't get a free page..." scrolling madly down the screen...).~
-- J. Sean Connell Systems Software Analyst, ICONZ diamond@canuck.gen.nz "Oh life is a glorious cycle of song, diamond@iconz.co.nz a medley of extemporanea, #include <stddisc.h> And love is a thing that can never go wrong... And I'm Queen Marie of Romania." I *hate* Sun Type 4 kbs! --Dorothy Parker
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