Feizhou wrote:
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:28:21PM +0200, Kay Diederichs wrote:
Modules linked in: vmnet(U) vmmon(U) netconsole netdump ppdev nfs nfsd
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Pid: 16269, comm: java Tainted: PF 2.6.9-42.ELlargesmp
Your kernel is tainted by binary-only kernel modules. Can you reproduce this without these modules loaded?
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I forgot in my first posting to mention that the problem has nothing to do with the kernel being tainted (due to VMware server).
I installed VMware server _after_ being faced with the crashes, to give the Java user a "sandbox" which s/he could crash without taking down the real server. Only then I discovered that VMware server has a memory limitation to 3600MB (I guess because it's not a 64bit application).
I see exactly the same crash with a non-tainted kernel.
I take the opportunity to add that I just ran memtest86+ for 20 hours, without any indication of a hardware (memory) problem.
Kay