Did you update the kernel to the latest Red Hat errata? There is a smp ext3 bug, and a p4 Xeon smp bug. Try 2.4.18-5
Latest kernel release notes http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-110.html Older kernel release for ext3 bug http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-085.html On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 11:40, Adam Cormany wrote: > I'm not sure if I'm in the correct mailing list so if I'm not, please let me know. > > In the last weeks time, I have installed Redhat 7.3 on a Quad Xeon and everything >was going very smoothly except for one thing. After about 26 hours of uptime on the >system, a system wide wall message of: > > kernel: Assertion failure in journal_commit_transaction() at commit.c:535: >"buffer_jdirty(bh)" > > was sent out. The system then locked completely and had to be powered down by the >power button. The system then ran normal again for about 28 hours of uptime and then >another system wide wall message was displayed. The message was about the Assertion >failure again. This time the system did not completely freeze up, but it played havoc >on the system. The uptime load went from less than 1.0 to over 12.0 and commands were >locking the login sessions completely up. > > Is this a known bug, and also, is there a fix? This is a pretty nasty error since it >has happened twice in a short amount of uptime and everytime it has happened, the >system needed booted. Please help. > > Thanks > Adam Cormany > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
