Signs of a kernel about to die?

Laurence J. Rietberg (lr@lingua.cltr.uq.edu.au)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:51:44 +1000


Hi there,

Thankyou to those who helped me with my last problem regarding
kernel error messages. I am sending another message in the hope
that some linux gurus may be able to tell me whether the following
dmesg entries are a serious threat to the stability of my system,
and/or what I could do to stop these errors arising.
Experience has shown that these messages have sometimes preceded a
crash, and the messages start to show up more frequently over time
(i.e., several days' uptime, preceding a crash).

Here is a uname -a of my system, and some of the dmesgs.
Linux lingua.cltr.uq.edu.au 2.1.117 #4 SMP Fri Aug 21 13:44:57 EST 1998 i686 unknown
Uptime:9:49am up 6 days
Release: Linux 5.1 (Manhattan)
Some dmesgs:
TCPv4 bad checksum from 210.157.0.13:0050 to 130.102.224.1:082c, len=1367/1367/1387
TCPv4 bad checksum from 202.219.63.99:0050 to 130.102.224.1:08bb, len=20/20/40
TCPv4 bad checksum from 200.241.125.143:0894 to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=20/20/40TCPv4 bad checksum from 202.155.2.226:5bd9 to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=20/20/40
TCPv4 bad checksum from 202.155.2.226:5bda to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=20/20/40
TCPv4 bad checksum from 202.155.2.226:5bdb to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=20/20/40
TCPv4 bad checksum from 172.22.14.37:07b1 to 130.102.224.1:0017, len=21/21/41
TCPv4 bad checksum from 172.22.14.37:07a1 to 130.102.224.1:0017, len=20/20/40
TCPv4 bad checksum from 194.85.166.39:0ab4 to 130.102.224.1:0050, len=407/407/427
TCPv4 bad checksum from 210.157.0.13:0050 to 130.102.224.1:0bb8, len=1480/1480/1500
Socket destroy delayed (r=0 w=1632)
TCPv4 bad checksum from 210.157.0.16:0050 to 130.102.224.1:0fe4, len=1480/1480/1500
TCPv4 bad checksum from 169.139.185.8:0d29 to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=32/32/52
TCPv4 bad checksum from 128.135.177.92:0618 to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=284/284/304
TCPv4 bad checksum from 128.135.177.92:0619 to 130.102.224.1:1f40, len=289/289/309
Socket destroy delayed (r=0 w=160)

Please reply to me email address, rather than the linux-kernel list, as
I am not on the linux-kernel list.

Thankyou in advance for your advice.
Laurence (SysAdmin, UQ)

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