Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-11 Thread Stephan Kulka
> > Colin Watson scripsit: > > >More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, > > >version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as > > >well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it. > > > > Well, It doesn't :) I have installed the 2.2.18 kernel on potato and > >

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-11 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:56:10PM +0100 or thereabouts, Frodo Baggins wrote: > Colin Watson scripsit: > >More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, > >version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as > >well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it. > > Well, It

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-11 Thread Colin Watson
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: >on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:14:00PM +, Colin Watson >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Bah. Try 2.2.{15,16} or 2.4.0-testsomething. :) I'm running 2.4.0-test6 >> here with no problems (um, apart from the annoying truncate() bug that >> occasionally bites INN, but I know

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread kmself
on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:14:00PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Frodo Baggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Colin Watson scripsit: > >>More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, > >>version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as >

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Dec 10 2000, Stephan Kulka wrote: > I had the same problem (in fact I still have it sometimes) and I > found out that it is a known bug in debian (there is a bug filed). Actually, it is a problem with Linux, and not with Debian. AFAIK, Alan Cox said that newer versions of the 2.

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Moritz Schulte
Frodo Baggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, > >version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as > >well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it. > > Well, It doesn't :) I have installed the 2.2.18 kernel on potato and

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Colin Watson
Frodo Baggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Colin Watson scripsit: >>More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, >>version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as >>well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it. > >Well, It doesn't :) I have installed the 2.2.18 ker

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Frodo Baggins
Colin Watson scripsit: >More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically, >version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as >well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it. Well, It doesn't :) I have installed the 2.2.18 kernel on potato and still have this problem... An

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Colin Watson
Stephan Kulka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Felix Natter wrote: >> I get the above message on a tty >> (VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd) >> when there is much load on a debian 2.2 system. >> >> What exactly does it mean ? (not enough swap-space ?)

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Stephan Kulka
> hi, > I get the above message on a tty > (VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd) > when there is much load on a debian 2.2 system. > > What exactly does it mean ? (not enough swap-space ?) > Is there a way to avoid this ? > > thanks, > > -- > Fe

VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.

2000-12-10 Thread Felix Natter
hi, I get the above message on a tty (VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd) when there is much load on a debian 2.2 system. What exactly does it mean ? (not enough swap-space ?) Is there a way to avoid this ? thanks, -- Felix Natter

Re: xconsole message: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...

2000-10-16 Thread Moritz Schulte
Till Neunhoeffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Oct 11 11:26:18 wetap50 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for [...] > This happens on several machines, all of which are running potato with a > 2.2.17pre6 from the debian kernel source package. [...] It is a known problem in 2.2.16 and s

xconsole message: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...

2000-10-16 Thread Till Neunhoeffer
Hi everybody, We see strange messages in the kernel log, the syslog, and the xconsole. They read Oct 11 11:26:18 wetap50 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... This happens on several machines, all of which are running potato with a 2.2.17pre6 from the debian kernel source

Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...

2000-09-27 Thread Moritz Schulte
andresin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sep 21 21:44:32 bokuheim kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for [...] this is a known problem of linux 2.2.16 and some linux 2.2.17pre's. update to linux 2.2.17 (or 2.2.18pre, if you want) and this problem should be solved. moritz -- /* Moritz

VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...

2000-09-27 Thread andresin
... Sep 21 21:44:32 bokuheim kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... .. other day... Sep 27 10:03:51 bokuheim kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Sep 27 10:03:51 bokuheim kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Sep 27 10:03:51 bokuheim kernel: VM