Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:40:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:40:35 -0500 Received: from pixar.pixar.com ([138.72.10.20]:16602 "EHLO pixar.pixar.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:40:25 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 21:40:19 -0800 (PST) From: Kiril Vidimce To: linux-kernel Subject: kernel: ldt allocation failed Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org We suddenly started seeing freezing problems on a number of machines in the past couple of days. There is no pattern as far as I can tell. It has happened while running OpenGL apps, netscape, or even when not doing anything. The machine will usually just hang and while it's still pingable, it's totally unresponsive and you can't remotely log in. The 2.4.3 kernel usually hangs forever; the machines with 2.4.9 kernels usually come back within 10-15 secs. Every time this happens we see the following message in the system log: Dec 6 21:29:00 stranger kernel: ldt allocation failed The machines are: Hardware: - IBM Intellistation M Pro - dual 2 GHz P4's - 2 GB RAM - NVIDIA Quadro DCC card Software: - Red Hat 7.1 - kernel 2.4.3smp or 2.4.9smp - XFree 4.1 - Ximian Gnome 1.4 - NVIDIA drivers 1.0-1541 Once this problem occurs, even if the hang is temporary, the machine is extremely flakey. Almost any app will start causing ldt allocation failure messages in the system log. Only a reboot really helps. Questions: - Does this ring a bell to anybody? What is ldt anyway and what would cause an allocation to fail? - I still keep one of these messages in this state. Is there anything I can probe to get useful debugging info? Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, KV -- ___________________________________________________________________ Studio Tools vkire@pixar.com Pixar Animation Studios http://www.pixar.com/ - 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/