This is my first report of a kernel crash, so if there is more information
wanted, please let me know and I'll do my best to supply it.
I'm running Mandrake 7.2 with a 2.2.18 kernel and GNOME, PIII 500 mhz,
256MB ram, AIC789x SCSI on mobo, Fujitsu 18GB scsi HD, ATI video card.
This evening, xscreensaver crashed with a message saying (roughly):
"xscreensaver hypercube had(?) a SIGSEGV"
I had to power down the machine and restart it. From /var/log/messages the
last message before the reboot and the first message after the reboot are:
Mar 6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Mar 6 17:13:04 osage syslogd 1.4-0: restart.
2.2.18 has run for as long as 71 days on this machine (at which point I
restarted it to include the Sangoma WANROUTER driver, which was NOT running
at the time of the crash).
I'll be glad to supply any additional info/files. Just let me know what's
wanted.
David
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David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc.
[email protected] Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.osagesoftware.com tel: 734.821.8800
> Mar 6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Update your kernel to 2.2.19 and try again.
Thiago,
I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state. Is it that much
better? Have significant VM problems been fixed?
Thanks.
David
At 08:48 PM 3/6/01, Thiago Rondon wrote:
> > Mar 6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
>
>Update your kernel to 2.2.19 and try again.
>
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> I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state. Is it that much
> better? Have significant VM problems been fixed?
Yes.
In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
> I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state. [ . . . ] Have
> significant VM problems been fixed?
Yes, 2.2.19-pre incorporates what was known as Andrea's VM-global
patch, and it is widely reported to fix the exact problem you
mentioned.
Wayne