I noticed one other post to this list containing this message in
/var/log/messages just before a crash.
I was using my computer when a load spike hung everything. The load
skyrocketed and there was a lot of disk access. I switched to a different
virtual screen (afterstep) and typed "top" in a window, but the load was so
high that it never executed. After a short bit the keyboard died (Pressing
caps lock didn't change the state of the LED) and the mouse died.
I rebooted and the ONLY thing I can find in any logfile is that mysterious
message, occurring exactly twice:
kernel: Unable to load interpreter
that appears right when the load spike occurred.
On April 20th, someone posted to the redhat-list about the same thing
happening (on a web server) -- with no apparent answer in response.
I have 5.0 installed with nearly all errata items. (I may be a few weeks
behind, but not months.) This is just a home machine with no web server
installed. (I "rpm -e apache" since I don't use it.) FWIW, I was PPP'd
into my ISP when everything hung. But at least so far from looking around,
it doesn't look like I've been hacked, but instead like there was a
mysterious crash.
Ideas, anyone?
Thanks,
Eddie
P.S. Sorry for the mysterious appearance of this message in the list.
Sadly, my UUCP provider seems to insist on quoting ('>') my Received line
in all outgoing mail. I haven't figured this out yet. Anyway, the Redhat
list chokes on the bogus >Received line. Trying different things in
sendmail.cf in the "HReceived" line hasn't changed this. (Yes, I restarted
sendmail before trying the new file, each time, and I saw the *different*
Received line quoted.)
--
Eddie Kuns | School: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------/ URL: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~ekuns/
"Ah, savory cheese puffs, made inedible by time and fate." -- The Tick
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
