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Re: VM problem: hdd thrash + hang



Alon,
If you are using a 2.4 kernel prior to 2.4.5 then you are a victim of its
VM problem. Upgrade to 2.4.5 .
Dani

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Alon Altman wrote:

> Hi,
>   Once in a while, typically in high-load situations, my linux PC gets into
> a state where it constantly thrashes the HD (probably swapping) and no user
> application runs properly. All local interaction hangs. ping from remote
> works just fine, but other TCP services accept the connection but do not
> send any text. The only thing left for me to do is to manually reset the PC.
>
>   Also, I get the following lines in syslog (All addresses changed to prevent
> detection of the specific workstation involved):
>
> Jul  6 04:50:38 mypc proftpd[810]: mypc.mydomain - Error: unable to accept an incoming connection (Connection reset by peer)
> Jul  6 04:57:38 mypc kernel: VM: killing process master
> Jul  6 05:03:47 mypc proftpd[810]: mypc.mydomain - Error: unable to accept an incoming connection (Connection reset by peer)
> Jul  6 05:06:22 mypc kernel: VM: killing process hlds_run
> Jul  6 05:06:39 mypc proftpd[3693]: mypc.mydomain (remote.pc[1.2.3.4]) - FTP session closed.
> Jul  6 05:23:06 mypc kernel: VM: killing process kdeinit
> Jul  6 05:37:00 mypc kernel: VM: killing process vmware-nmbd
> Jul  6 05:41:02 mypc kernel: VM: killing process sshd
> Jul  6 05:56:12 mypc kernel: VM: killing process xfs
> ..
>
>   What can be causeing these problems, and how can I prevent this.
>
> --
> This message was sent by Alon Altman (Psycho99@bigfoot.com) ICQ:1366540
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