From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pa3gcu Subject: Re: kswapd (?!) error Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:45:33 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <02100513453307.00234@unix.pa3gcu> References: <200210050816.03883.g38@rdsbv.ro> <02100508295303.00234@unix.pa3gcu> <200210051628.50770.g38@rdsbv.ro> Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200210051628.50770.g38@rdsbv.ro> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Petre Bandac , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 05 October 2002 13:28, Petre Bandac wrote: > petre@k:~$ uname -a > Linux k 2.4.18-HTB #4 Wed Sep 25 02:47:50 EEST 2002 i686 unknown > > it is a Slackware 8.1 installed a few weeks ago > > I have 256 MB RAM and 200 MB swap space > > I stay away for the experimental kernels, as what I want from my system is > stability. > > the uptime of the machine was at that time 4 days, 21:14:36. It is my home > box, I run x-window on it (KDE), but at that time x-window wasn't running, > so the only processes runing were those required by the system, plus apache > plus http (below I'll list them). The only reason which comes to my mind is > that at the time the crash occured I was doing a ftp upload on the machine > @ ~200 KB (yes, kilo Bytes). If it makes any difference, I'm connected > through a LanCity cable modem. Then may i suggest trying the data transfer again, with of course the same things running as you have shown with ps below. > > I shall look at the file you mentioned, richard, thank you, though I would > like to have some opinions on what caused this error (one of the few > "fatal" errors I have seen on linux machines yet). I suggest you read the whole piece about solving problems as there are several things you can do first before you go reading about ksymoops. > > > petre > > > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1 ? S 0:03 init > 2 ? SW 0:00 [keventd] > 3 ? SW 0:00 [kapmd] > 4 ? SWN 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] > 5 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd] > 6 ? SW 0:00 [bdflush] > 7 ? SW 0:00 [kupdated] > 8 ? SW 0:00 [kreiserfsd] > 52 ? SW 0:00 [eth0] > 55 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd > 58 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x > 99 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd > 101 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/sshd > 108 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -l10 > 110 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd -b 15 -l 1 > 114 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd > 116 ? S 0:00 gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2 > 132 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd > 134 tty1 S 0:00 -bash > 135 tty2 S 0:00 -bash > 136 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux > 137 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux > 138 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux > 139 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/uptimed > 140 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux > 141 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd > 142 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd > 143 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd {big snip} -- Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" 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.linux-learn.org/faqs