> > > > Hi, everybody!
> > > > I have some problem with the memory leak:-(
> > > > After the 10 days my Linux box looses most part of his memory.
> > > > It seem to be the same that happened with RH4.1 kernel 2.0.33
> > > > Now it is RH5.1 kernel 2.0.35.
> > > > Earlier it results in kernel panic with the messages
> > > > Unable to load interpreter
> > > > and approximately within 24hours Linux spontaneously reboots
> > > > The lifetime of RH4.1 was nearly 7 days. In both cases memory leaks
> > > > slowly and constantly. Now with RH5.1 my box works more than 10 days
> > > > but it seems to be the same result soon. Have anybody collided with
> > > > the same problem or can someone help me? Any help would be appreciated.
> > > > By the way tell me what information I must send before my box reboots.
> > >
> > >
> > > You could press Shift-Roll on the console - if it is a networking or
> > > buffer leak then it should show up there. If it is some other subsystem
> > > then special patches will be needed to track it down.
> >
> > What is "Shift-Roll". Is that on a Mac keyboard?
>
> Sorry, on the US keyboard it is Shift-Scroll-Lock. On my German keyboard it is
> labelled "Rollen" and then I somehow though it was "roll" on the US keyboard.
Ahh. I just did that, and there is a number there 8447:
CLEAN: 8447 buffers, 3 used (last=3), 0 locked, 0 protected, 0 dirty
With no processes doing anything in the background, I keep
pressing SHIFT-SCROLL and the CLEAN: xxxx number increases with
each keypress. Is this normal?
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