Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:05:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:05:35 -0500 Received: from node10450.a2000.nl ([24.132.4.80]:61312 "EHLO awacs.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:05:24 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:05:23 +0100 From: Pascal Haakmat To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [CRASH (kswapd)]: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018 Message-ID: <20011128160523.A7856@awacs.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20011128043636.A4128@awacs.dhs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011128043636.A4128@awacs.dhs.org>; from a.haakmat@chello.nl on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:36:36AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 28/11/01 04:36, Pascal Haakmat wrote: > Linux 2.4.14 with XFS 1.0.2 patch (but without kdb patch) crashed on me > today. The on screen crash dump said something about kswapd. > > I managed to salvage the following information from the screen before the > screen went black (courtesy of the screen blanker?). I didn't find any way > to get the display back so the rest of the information was lost: [snip] Some people suggested I should get the Oops information from /var/log/messages. I should have mentioned that the Oops turns up nowhere in the logfiles. I did find a couple of (XFS-related?) Oopses that I hadn't noticed before though. See the thread "XFS Oopses with 2.4.5 and 2.4.14?". I am starting to wonder whether it is a good idea to run XFS. Thanks. - 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/