On 24/01/05 09:32, Matthew Gregan wrote: >>kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:235! >>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > > > What kernel version are you using?
uname -a Linux grunt 2.4.26-sparc32 #1 Sun Jun 20 02:18:47 PDT 2004 sparc GNU/Linux > Now is probably a good time to check your memory; the kernel should > never crash due to the behaviour of an application. Given where the > kernel BUG happened (most of the BUG() calls in page_alloc.c are sanity > checks) , and the fact that ImageMagick was using a large amount of > memory at the time, there's a good chance that your memory is flakey. Hadn't thought of that. It's a debian sun box, installed off floppy/net. The rescue/install disk doesn't appear to have a memory check option in the menu, and googling hasn't revealed anything relevant so far. Suggestions? Cheers, Roy. -- Roy Britten, Lead Software Developer, Information Systems Team National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand P:+64-3-343-7818 F:+64-3-348-5548
