2008/2/20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Debian community, > > I have a Linksys NSLU2 running the latest Debian distribution (just > updated 2 days ago): Linux version 2.6.18-6-ixp4xx (Debian > 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1). > > For a couple of days, the box hangs at least once a day, requiring a hard > reset by pulling the power chord. The kern.log file shows the following: > > Feb 19 21:50:35 slug kernel: kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:250! > Feb 19 21:50:35 slug kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer > dereference at virtual address 00000000 > Feb 19 21:50:35 slug kernel: pgd = c1778000 > Feb 19 21:50:35 slug kernel: [00000000] *pgd=017b0031, *pte=00000000, > *ppte=00000000 > Feb 19 21:50:35 slug kernel: Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1] > > And so on. I can of course provide the complete error report including the > whole backtrace. > > There are also other error messages: > Feb 20 02:50:30 slug kernel: Bad page state in process 'sh' > Feb 20 02:50:30 slug kernel: page:c02b1ac0 flags:0x00000000 > mapping:00000040 mapcount:0 count:0 > Feb 20 02:50:30 slug kernel: Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed > Feb 20 02:50:30 slug kernel: Backtrace: > Feb 20 03:20:03 slug kernel: Bad page state in process 'rrdtool' > Feb 20 03:20:03 slug kernel: page:c02b1ac0 flags:0x00000000 > mapping:00000040 mapcount:0 count:0 > Feb 20 03:20:03 slug kernel: Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed > Feb 20 03:20:03 slug kernel: Backtrace: > > The box is running a cronjob every 10 minutes that processes a file with > sed, awk and rrdtool. There is no hard drive, just a 2GB USB stick with > plenty of free space. > > I googled for this bug, but couldn't come up with anything helpful. > > Any pointers about what I could do to get a stable system?
Perhaps a buggy USB stick? Specially if you are using swap space... I have no other idea to help you. -- Marcos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
