Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 12/19/2007 09:56 AM, Parag Warudkar wrote: > running on 64-bit kernel. [Also I hear the closed source nVidia binaries > will not work on this setup - so if you don't need such things you will > be able to go to a 64-bit kernel w/o reinstalling userspace.] False, I'm running 100-* nvidia

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Parag Warudkar
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Nico Schottelius wrote: If you're running tons of memory, it really is better to run a 64-bit kernel if possible. Sure? Afaik that results in a bit slower access to memory and appart from being able to address MUCH more memory doesn't change the situation. No, generally

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 12/19/2007 06:55 AM, Nico Schottelius wrote: > And updating to 64 Bit kernel also implies changing the userland, so > a reinstall would be necessary, wouldn't it? No, if you enable ia32 support. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Parag Warudkar
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Nico Schottelius wrote: If you're running tons of memory, it really is better to run a 64-bit kernel if possible. Sure? Afaik that results in a bit slower access to memory and appart from being able to address MUCH more memory doesn't change the situation. No, generally

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 12/19/2007 06:55 AM, Nico Schottelius wrote: And updating to 64 Bit kernel also implies changing the userland, so a reinstall would be necessary, wouldn't it? No, if you enable ia32 support. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-19 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 12/19/2007 09:56 AM, Parag Warudkar wrote: running on 64-bit kernel. [Also I hear the closed source nVidia binaries will not work on this setup - so if you don't need such things you will be able to go to a 64-bit kernel w/o reinstalling userspace.] False, I'm running 100-* nvidia drivers

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Nico Schottelius
Hello Robert, Robert Hancock [Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:43:22PM -0600]: > How much RAM is in these machines? 8 GiB > If you're running tons of memory, it > really is better to run a 64-bit kernel if possible. Sure? Afaik that results in a bit slower access to memory and appart from being able

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Robert Hancock
Nico Schottelius wrote: Hello! We are running Debian with 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem on Dell Blade 1955 hardware and get a Kernel Panic with oom + message that there are no processes left to kill: http://home.schottelius.org/~nico/unix/linux/oom_no_killable-2.6.22-1.jpeg Anyone an idea, what's the

Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Nico Schottelius
Hello! We are running Debian with 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem on Dell Blade 1955 hardware and get a Kernel Panic with oom + message that there are no processes left to kill: http://home.schottelius.org/~nico/unix/linux/oom_no_killable-2.6.22-1.jpeg Anyone an idea, what's the cause for that? This error

Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Nico Schottelius
Hello! We are running Debian with 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem on Dell Blade 1955 hardware and get a Kernel Panic with oom + message that there are no processes left to kill: http://home.schottelius.org/~nico/unix/linux/oom_no_killable-2.6.22-1.jpeg Anyone an idea, what's the cause for that? This error

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Robert Hancock
Nico Schottelius wrote: Hello! We are running Debian with 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem on Dell Blade 1955 hardware and get a Kernel Panic with oom + message that there are no processes left to kill: http://home.schottelius.org/~nico/unix/linux/oom_no_killable-2.6.22-1.jpeg Anyone an idea, what's the

Re: Out of memory and no killable processes: 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem

2007-12-18 Thread Nico Schottelius
Hello Robert, Robert Hancock [Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:43:22PM -0600]: How much RAM is in these machines? 8 GiB If you're running tons of memory, it really is better to run a 64-bit kernel if possible. Sure? Afaik that results in a bit slower access to memory and appart from being able to