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and subject line Bug#360381: linux-image: root 2812 1930 0 14:00 ?
00:00:00 /USR/SBIN/CRON
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Package: linux-image
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
Something is causing entries in ps ie. /USR/SBIN/CRON which increase in number
over time.
This condition does not allow a shutdown or reboot for resetting the system.
The system must be powered off to recover.
I have seen as many as 680 of these processes.
Machine does not lock totally but some things do not work like su and starting
a new ssh session.
I can not log into the desktop after about 10 minutes after power off/on.
I am eliminating programs one by one to determine which one may be the
problem, however
the larger issue is the inability to reboot and having to power off. The
system should
be recoverable and immune to a program creating hung/zombie processes. Also ps
reports /USR/SBIN/CRON which does not exist in the system.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 02:40:57PM -0500, Debian User wrote:
> Package: linux-image
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
- There is no such package named linux-image.
- Even if there was, your report shows that you are running an ancient
kernel not supported by Debian (2.4.25-1-386). The supported kernels in
sarge are 2.4.27 and 2.6.8; the supported kernel in etch is 2.6.15 (soon
to be 2.6.16). If this is a kernel bug, you will need to upgrade to a
supported kernel (which you should do anyway).
- If the problem is still present with recent kernels, you will need to
provide quite a bit more information in order for anyone to help you;
ambiguous comments like "hung/zombie processes" make it hard to even begin
to guess what the real problem is on your system, and it may not be kernel
related at all. (It could be a buggy version of cron or glibc, for
instance.)
You may want to ask for help on the debian-user mailing list first. It
sounds to me like you just have a bad cronjob configured that's filling up
your process table; the folks on the user list should be able to help you
diagnose the real source of your trouble, so you can open a bug report
against the package that's actually responsible.
Thanks,
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