On 10 Nov 2001 16:44:12 -0800 Quel Qun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using for ages a script that checks all my installed rpms > and update them if a newer version is available. That thing checks the > all 1800 installed packages in 1 minute on this machine so it uses > rpmquery intensively. > > After few loops, kernel-2.4.13-6mdk panics: > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address bfffc0fc > Process rpmq > Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler > In interrupt handler - not syncing. > > It goes smoothly with 2.4.13-4mdk. The machine is a 400 MHz PII with > 256M RAM. > > BTW, why is the shortcut to /usr/lib/rpm/rpmq called rpmquery? Why not > call it rpmq? It would be much faster to type. > > =-= > kk1 > > > > maybe because it uses ac8, which alan cox says is unstable..
Jorg
