I too used to get crashes from virtual memory exhausted, sometimes
jumping into the debugger, sometimes locking unable to get into the
debugger.  This was when I had a stock 4000/040 w/ 4F/2C ram and 25
meg swap.  I would start X just to play, and if I did anything else
(like move the mouse sometimes) down she went.  Now that I have 12meg
fast my machine is stable, granted the load is very low, but its been
up and running for 3 weeks now, with no noticable problem.
 
just my 2 cents
 
later
 
bart niswonger

				   
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