Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Adam Kramer wrote: > > I'm using X86 Gentoo Linux with a gentoo linux kernel 2.6.10. CVS > > 1.11.19 is installed from sources. > > > > I commited in an approx. 14Mb Microsoft word doc as a binary file, which > > went just fine. > > But when I go to update the file in other cvs working directories, it > > does not update and the server where cvs resides completely shuts down > > and boots up again. > > Has anyone seen behaviour like this with large binary files? > > > > This is either a hardware problem (e.g. defect RAM), or a bug in > your kernel. No user space process (like the CVS server) should > be able to crash the complete machine. > > I would suggest to install a newer kernel version first. The most > recent one is 2.6.12.5, AFAIK. Building the kernel is also a > good test for defect memory. > > If you still can reproduce the problem with the new kernel, then > I would suggest to ask this question on the Linux Kernel Mailing > List (http://lkml.org/). > > Good luck
Before you contact lkml it might be a good idea to run memtest86 [1] first and thus lower the likelihood it is a hardware problem that only you can solve. I can't really help you run it because I have only seen other people using it ... to really good effect. http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-445.html (above link does not seem to finish loading, so from the google cache) http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:p7urx9yaG8wJ:forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-445.html+fedora+memtest&hl=en&lr=&strip=1 [1] IIRC memtest86 comes on the fedora install disks, and it may come with gentoo as well. http://www.gentoo-portage.com/sys-apps/memtest86 -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
