Re: Problems in 2.2.11?

Robert A. Hayden (rhayden@geek.net)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:56:40 -0500 (CDT)


On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Mike Eldridge wrote:

> I had been running 2.2.9 for several weeks with no problem. I had not yet
> compiled quota support into the kernel, so I decided that I would go ahead
> and move to 2.2.11 while I was at it.
>
> The box stays up for about 2 days and then I get a massive memory failure.
> Everything runs out of memory. All services are unavailable, console
> login is impossible, even mingetty stops responding, the machine grinds to
> a halt. Hard reset is the only way out. =( I've had this problem twice
> now with 2.2.11. Up for two days, then runs out of memory, hard reset.

I had the same problem with Geek.NET (dual PII-400/256mb/RH6.0) and had to
step back down to 2.2.10 to get a stable system (up for 4 days now, no
problems). From what I've seen and heard about this, it seems limited to
SMP machines and maybe be specific to RH6.0-based systems.

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