Hello Mr. Moll, I've made a backport of Emacs 23.3 from Fedora 16 to SL 6. I use it daily without problems so far, nevertheless I cannot tell if it solves the problem you're facing.
If you want to uses Yum with my repository, instructions are here: http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/6x/dim/soc-release/doc/SoCrepo/ If you want to download only the Emacs packages, the repositories contents are here: http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/soc/SRPMS/repoview/ http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/soc/i386/repoview/ http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/soc/x86_64/repoview/ Hope this helps. On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 21:48 +0200, Felip Moll wrote: > Hello all!, > > Recently I installed a SL6.1 Cluster with 16 nodes, slurm resource > manager, etc. > > I use Emacs to edit my files as do some of the researchers of my > investigation center. > > One day I detected that some daemons hunged. I discovered that the > kernel was killing some processes because the system went out of > memory. I couldn't reproduce the error anymore, and the thing seemed > to occurr on very random times. > > Since this day, I limited with limits.conf the user stack to 15Gb. (my > server has 16gb, and consumes normally no more than 1gb). > > Today, when I was doing some tasks I could see what is causing the > problem. It's Emacs!. There seems to be a user that uses emacs and > that does logout from his session without exiting it. The access to > the server is done by ssh. > > I will try to install the latest 23.3 version with .tar.gz package but > I like to use the Yum package if it's possible in order to keep the > installation as "clean as possible". > > > Should I report it to some place? > > Thank you. > Felip. > > Here there is the info. that I gathered: > > > [root@acuario ~]# free -m > total used free shared buffers > cached > Mem: 16080 15904 175 0 88 > 1081 > -/+ buffers/cache: 14734 1345 > Swap: 16381 353 16028 > > [root@acuario ~]# uname -a > Linux acuario 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 5 17:19:54 CDT > 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > [root@acuario ~]# who > root pts/1 2011-10-24 21:25 (192.168.xx.xx) > > [root@acuario ~]# lastlog > ... > rrossi pts/3 halley.rmeecimne Mon Oct 24 09:30:54 +0200 > 2011 > ... > > [root@acuario rrossi]# ps aux | grep rrossi > rrossi 19902 13.1 85.9 14679980 14151208 ? R Oct21 605:18 emacs > -nw acuari_configure.sh > root 21157 0.0 0.0 103228 856 pts/1 S+ 21:33 0:00 grep > rrossi > > [root@acuario rrossi]# du > -chs ./kratos/cmake_build/acuari_configure.sh > 4.0K ./kratos/cmake_build/acuari_configure.sh (it is a 55 lines > normal flat text file, I checked it with my root emacs instance and > all went ok) > 4.0K total > > [root@acuario ~]# emacs --version > GNU Emacs 23.1.1 > Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You may redistribute copies of Emacs > under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. > > [root@acuario ~]# lsof | grep rrossi (the same as grep emacs) > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF > NODE NAME > emacs 19902 rrossi cwd DIR 8,33 4096 > 83886081 /home/kratos_common > emacs 19902 rrossi rtd DIR 9,0 4096 > 2 / > emacs 19902 rrossi txt REG 9,0 11143104 > 5779966 /usr/bin/emacs-23.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 228984 > 5768561 /usr/lib64/librsvg-2.so.2.26.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 155696 > 2752626 /lib64/ld-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 1904312 > 2752790 /lib64/libc-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 141576 > 2752807 /lib64/libpthread-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 598816 > 2752609 /lib64/libm-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 47064 > 2752595 /lib64/librt-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 941440 > 2752780 /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.5 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 88240 > 2752794 /lib64/libz.so.1.2.3 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 283584 > 2752597 /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.5 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 109808 > 2752599 /lib64/libresolv-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 268200 > 2752880 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 411200 > 5773480 /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3.9.4 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 112856 > 5770325 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.1.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 13168 > 5772993 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 166840 > 2752803 /lib64/libexpat.so.1.5.2 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 644752 > 5770324 /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.3.22 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 159728 > 5771050 /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.46.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 223040 > 5769852 /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.4.4 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 132464 > 5773317 /usr/lib64/libatk-1.0.so.0.2809.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 400528 > 5769962 /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 78848 > 5779139 /usr/lib64/libotf.so.0.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 18936 > 2752603 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 38120 > 5773057 /usr/lib64/libm17n-flt.so.0.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 149808 > 5771048 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 138280 > 2752645 /lib64/libtinfo.so.5.7 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 101608 > 5773687 /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 34016 > 5773689 /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 129448 > 5773059 /usr/lib64/libm17n-core.so.0.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 69976 > 2752841 /lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.4 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 22536 > 2752554 /lib64/libdl-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 124624 > 2752574 /lib64/libselinux.so.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 14392 > 2752570 /lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.5 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 699440 > 2752578 /lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.5 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 1308600 > 5779630 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 76848 > 5770463 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 63440 > 5790332 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.1.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 42472 > 5774133 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 52040 > 5772932 /usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.2800.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 130352 > 5770860 /usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.1800.9 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 42600 > 5770844 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 23928 > 5771737 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 11392 > 5770848 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 12312 > 5770842 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 310136 > 5770836 /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0.2800.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 175272 > 5770840 /usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.2800.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 11344 > 5772995 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 497408 > 5770832 /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2.10800.8 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 35376 > 5772998 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.2.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 958040 > 2752724 /lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 770136 > 5770862 /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1800.9 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 4618288 > 5773056 /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1800.9 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 39512 > 5775057 /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4.1.6 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 1379880 > 5773357 /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2.7.6 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 142632 > 2752729 /lib64/libncurses.so.5.7 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 88664 > 5772265 /usr/lib64/libXft.so.2.1.13 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 72928 > 5771064 /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4.11.0 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 251576 > 5777914 /usr/lib64/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 260784 > 5781285 /usr/lib64/libgsf-1.so.114.0.15 > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 61624 > 2752541 /lib64/libnss_files-2.12.so > emacs 19902 rrossi mem REG 9,0 99158752 > 5779642 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive > emacs 19902 rrossi 0u CHR 136,7 0t0 > 10 /dev/pts/7 (deleted) > emacs 19902 rrossi 1u CHR 136,7 0t0 > 10 /dev/pts/7 (deleted) > emacs 19902 rrossi 2u CHR 136,7 0t0 > 10 /dev/pts/7 (deleted) > emacs 19902 rrossi 3u CHR 5,0 0t0 > 5133 /dev/tty > -- .-. 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