Re: kern.log: Unable to load interpreter ???
> > Accorrding to the kernel source, it will generate this error if it > > tries and > fails to load the interpreter for elf binairies. Oh, I see! > > because you had overloaded the system. (Though that seems a touch > > weird to me.) But it's probably true. The smail misconfiguration led to lots of smail processes! But I was surprised, too. I thought linux would be smart enough to kill some processes if that happens. > Not that it should be really, I did some programming on a low,low spec box > in the labs and noticed it a few times ... A good way to reproduce it is > to sequentially call malloc with increasingly higher values in a > background process. The OS wouldn't crash (at least to my experience) but > ... it might be a while recovering even after you kill the offending > process *IF* it is possible to kill the process. I had real trouble to do that, because I couldn't log in and then start the "killall smail" command. How did you manage to kill the processes? Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de PGP fingerprint: B8 48 24 7B DB 96 6F 1C D9 6D 8E 6C DB C2 E7 E9 o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: kern.log: Unable to load interpreter ???
> Andy Spiegl wrote: > > > > Hi again, > > my hamm, 2.0.33 system, so that a lot(!) of smail processes were > > started. Soon I couldn't start any more processes and saw this > > error message on the console: > > Unable to load interpreter > > > > And in the /var/log/kern.log: > > Jul 1 16:55:27 kira kernel: Unable to load interpreter > > > > What interpreter is this talking about??? Is this a bug or a feature? > > Accorrding to the kernel source, it will generate this error if it tries and > fails to load the interpreter for elf binairies. Presumably, it failed > because you had overloaded the system. (Though that seems a touch weird to > me.) Not that it should be really, I did some programming on a low,low spec box in the labs and noticed it a few times ... A good way to reproduce it is to sequentially call malloc with increasingly higher values in a background process. The OS wouldn't crash (at least to my experience) but ... it might be a while recovering even after you kill the offending process Jonathan === Two monkeys discussing evolution,... Said one to the other, the really issue here is, am I my keepers brother -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: kern.log: Unable to load interpreter ???
Andy Spiegl wrote: > > Hi again, > I am a little clueless. I had a smail configuration problem on > my hamm, 2.0.33 system, so that a lot(!) of smail processes were > started. Soon I couldn't start any more processes and saw this > error message on the console: > Unable to load interpreter > > And in the /var/log/kern.log: > Jul 1 16:55:27 kira kernel: Unable to load interpreter > > What interpreter is this talking about??? Is this a bug or a feature? Accorrding to the kernel source, it will generate this error if it tries and fails to load the interpreter for elf binairies. Presumably, it failed because you had overloaded the system. (Though that seems a touch weird to me.) -- see shy jo -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
kern.log: Unable to load interpreter ???
Hi again, I am a little clueless. I had a smail configuration problem on my hamm, 2.0.33 system, so that a lot(!) of smail processes were started. Soon I couldn't start any more processes and saw this error message on the console: Unable to load interpreter And in the /var/log/kern.log: Jul 1 16:55:27 kira kernel: Unable to load interpreter What interpreter is this talking about??? Is this a bug or a feature? Thanks a lot for any hint! Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de PGP fingerprint: B8 48 24 7B DB 96 6F 1C D9 6D 8E 6C DB C2 E7 E9 o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
