On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:31:16PM +0300, Eli Billauer wrote: > On 05/17/2012 08:56 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: >> Oh wait! You're using kernel-2.6.35.4 - not kernel 3.5.x (which does not >> exist >> yet). That's a really old version. Is it an up-to-date distribution kernel? >> If >> so - you can report it to your distributor. If not - you should upgrade. >> > Of course I should upgrade. That way I'll exchange a problem which has > zero impact on my system (currently) with one that will possibly cause > real trouble. That's the good thing about upgrading all the time: You > have a lot of quality time with you computer, fixing whatever broke when > you upgraded to fix the previous problem. > > I may consider upgrading to a kernel > 2.6.35 which has gone through a > long phase of "bug fixes only" but I understand there is no such around > at the moment. What I call a vintage kernel.
You obviously have a beefy system with memory to spare. You obviously don't really care rebooting it. The logical conclusion: build some kernels and test it. Grab a kernel tree, see if this still crashes v2.6.35, and if so, git bisect is your friend. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best tzaf...@debian.org | | friend _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux