> > SVGATextMode sets high-res mode (100x32) and right before the login prompt
> > appears, theres "cannot get a free page". It was hapenning even with 80megs
> > swap. Nothing like this happens on my "normal" machine (with 32megs of RAM
> > and 32meg swap). I'm about to try the new patches from Dr.Werner Fink today
> > and I'll see whether that helps or not.
>
> Could not get a free page is ok, does not depend on swap space free
> and does not mean anything bad.
Well, imho it is bad. It means something in the allocation mechanism fails,
and if it happens in some critical routine, the kernel is cooked.