Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 04:13:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 04:13:12 -0500 Received: from hypnos.cps.intel.com ([192.198.165.17]:17107 "EHLO hypnos.cps.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 04:13:03 -0500 Message-ID: <07E6E3B8C072D211AC4100A0C9C5758302B2719D@hasmsx52.iil.intel.com> From: "Hen, Shmulik" To: "'Thomas Foerster'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: " Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:12:02 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Does it hang forever ? 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 change we did to /etc/lilo.conf to add support for kernel prints to go out to a serial debugger. Before that everything was OK, but after we added append="console=tty0 console=ttyS1,38400", this problem started. We did notice however that everything that doesn't appear on the console does appear on the serial debugger. Shmulik. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Foerster [mailto:puckwork@madz.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:40 AM To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: " > 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 booting with init=/bin/bash, it looks like kernel gets a bad /sbin/init, > and gets stuck. Perhaps the shutdown damaged init, it starts to run and get > hung. That didn't fix the problem :( When i run "diff" on a new and the "old" init, i get no diffs ... Must be something other :( Thomas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/