Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Problems in 2.2.11? | Date | Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:54:18 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > 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.
Its a general case tripped by a specific tcp traffic pattern, applies to all 2.2.11 boxes
http://www.linux.org.uk carries 2.2.11 release notes, errata and fix patches
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