Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Alan Cox
> Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed > > So we took the box home and tried to boot it from a bootdisk (generated as we >installed the box, > redhat 7.0). The SAME problem occurs ... > > Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed > > The system hangs (i've tried 2.2.18 AND 2.4.2-ac20, 2.2.16

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Thomas Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried to reboot > our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen), but the > system always hangs on > > Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed I have

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>> I have 2 ideas: >> * glibc corrupted >> * did you downgrade the cpu? > >These happen frequently to me (when compiling and installing a >new glibc) >But in this case you would have other messages (IIRC something >like >respawn too fast). >Thus the problem is not this! How about running memtest8

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes wrote: > > I have 2 ideas: > * glibc corrupted > * did you downgrade the cpu? These happen frequently to me (when compiling and installing a new glibc) But in this case you would have other messages (IIRC something like respawn too fast). Thus the prob

RE: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Thomas Foerster
> Does it hang forever ? Yes :( > I've noticed that my kernel (2.4.2) stalls for several minutes with the same > message but suddenly after that the login prompt appears (anything between, > like configurations and services starting messages, are gone). We've been > able to track it down to a ch

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes
I have 2 ideas: * glibc corrupted * did you downgrade the cpu? RH 7.0 automatically installs glibc for a Pentium Pro or later if that cpu is present during install. If you then move the hd into a computer with an AMD K6, it won't boot. I'd run #rpm -Va and check if some unusual files are modif

RE: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Hen, Shmulik
ar on the serial debugger. Shmulik. -Original Message- From: Thomas Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: " > On 03.27 Thomas Foerster

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Thomas Foerster
> On 03.27 Thomas Foerster wrote: >> >> But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried >> to reboot >> our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen), >> but the >> system always hangs on >> >> Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed >>

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-26 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 03.27 Thomas Foerster wrote: > > But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried > to reboot > our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen), > but the > system always hangs on > > Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed > Try b

URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-26 Thread Thomas Foerster
Hello folks, i have a realy strange and annyoing problem here. I have a very busy webserver. Around 2 weeks ago i upgraded from 2.2.18 to 2.4.2-ac20 (SCSI-System, 512 MB RAM, 3 SCSI-Disks, P-III-500). Everything worked fine, the 2.4x Kernel boosted the box a lot :) But suddenly the box was off