coldslabs;538711 Wrote: > > I am running Ubuntu Server 9.04 and my /var/log/message file contained > this line before the power off: > "Apr 21 08:39:10 music kernel: [1177207.654935] perl[9574]: segfault at > 0 ip 08118e13 sp bfa76520 error 4 in perl[8048000+134000]" > > Googling got me no where. Was this a softsqueeze issue or just a > conincidence?
That's perl (which probably means SBS in your case) dying. A segfault is when a pointer starts pointing at things it shouldn't. It could be a bug in perl, it's HIGHLY unlikely to be a bug in SBS (since Perl itself handles the dirty work of dereferencing pointers and making sure you don't do bad things with them). But.. considering the shutdown of your system, I would actually guess it is something entirely different like a memory error. (Back in the olden days, the correct answer to "why does gcc give me a segfault when I build the kernel?" was "because you have a memory error, replace your memory.") Just as deliberately or accidentally setting a pointer to point where it shouldn't point... having a bit get stuck in RAM would have the same effect.) And a memory error may eventually take down your system if it corrupts kernel memory. If you can deal without your computer for a few hours, try installing memtest86 to see if it finds something. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77720 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
