Re: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic! [SOLVED]

2006-05-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 09:09:41PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > > original error: > > panic: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 335544320 total allocated > kernel panic issue seems to be solved by changing our memory disk > from malloc(9) backed to a swap-backed disk. > > thx

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic! [SOLVED]

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
original error: > panic: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 335544320 total allocated kernel panic issue seems to be solved by changing our memory disk from malloc(9) backed to a swap-backed disk. thx 4 helpin', guys! and yes, i could have tested it because this was already in the archives

Re: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:55:26AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > > > Don't you think you should test it instead of guessing? :-) I suggested > > it because it *is* a possibility (that is why I have it in my kernel). > yes, but doesn't it make sense to find memory consuming things >

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
> Don't you think you should test it instead of guessing? :-) I suggested > it because it *is* a possibility (that is why I have it in my kernel). yes, but doesn't it make sense to find memory consuming things before adding more? btw. how can we check for such things? > Are you sure you are usin

Re: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-02 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:59:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > > > Your kernel ran out of memory. Either you are using a workload that > > is too heavy for your current settings, or there is a memory leak > > somewhere in a kernel subsystem you are using. > > Try to increase VM_K

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
> Your kernel ran out of memory. Either you are using a workload that > is too heavy for your current settings, or there is a memory leak > somewhere in a kernel subsystem you are using. > Try to increase VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX in your kernel, e.g. > options VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX=524288000 #50

Re: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-02 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:34:58PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > > hi together! > > this is the 4th time the server died since last week (and the 1st time we > catched the error!). > it happened during an "du -sk ." of some large directory structure. > > panic: kmem_malloc(4096): k