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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:33:30 +0300
From: Ville Herva <vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi>
To: Subba Rao <subba9@home.com>
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Subject: Re: kernel: VM
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:52:37AM +0000, you [Subba Rao] claimed:
> Hi,
> 
> I have seen several of these messages in my kernel log this morning. The system

What kernel version.

> responded to ping but won't allow me to login. What is VM? 

Virtual memory subsystem in Linux kernel.

> What causes these errors and how can I prevent it from happening again?
 
A VM bug.

If you are running older 2.2, upgrade to 2.2.19. The bug was fixed by Andrea
Arcangeli around 2.2.19pre something.

Also, please search the mailing list archives before asking:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&w=2&r=1&s=try+free+pages+2.2+failed&q=b



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