So it turns out that if your /dev/shm fills up (or wherever uml is keeping the memory files), it crashes the machine that is requesting more memory silently. I increased the size of my /dev/shm by about 4x, and the problem has been solved. Still, UML should write something to syslog on the host or guest...
Jonas Jeff Dike wrote: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 02:21:37PM -0500, Jonas Meyer wrote: >> Hello folks. I'm hoping someone online could help with these random >> crashes we've been having. Guests keep randomly crashing for no good >> reason, and they leave no logs. I've checked the logs on host and on >> the guest, and I get nothing. They just randomly terminate in a >> non-repeatable manner. Obviously this is a little frustrating, >> especially since this is a production environment. > > I've heard from one other person about this sort of thing. > > If you have /proc/sys/kernel/print-fatal-signals on the host, can you turn > it on? We need some information to go on, and right now, there's nothing. > > Jeff > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
