--- Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote: > > On Tue, April 12, 2005 3:08 pm, Bob Pierce said: > > Hi all, > > > > We are running a new Centos-4 server, and it has > kernel panicked on us 4 > > times in the last month. After the first kernel > panic we hooked up a > > serial console to the server and captured the > output in order to have a > > record of what happens. I've included the error > messages from the last > > time it locked up... but it doesn't really mean > much to me. Anybody have > > any ideas what might be causing this server lock > up? > > > > Server description: > > -Dell PE1750 - dual 2.8Ghz Xeon (with Hyper > Threading on) - 2GB DDR RAM > > - Perc4-DI onboard RAID using 3 scsi drives in > raid-5 configuration > > -ext3 file system > > -kernel-smp-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL > > -mysql - from distribution > > -2 postfix instances rebuilt with MySQL support > > -amavisd-new > > -clamav > > -spamassassin > > -rbldnsd > > -bind > > > > > > Here's the captured output from a serial console > connected to the server > > at time of fault. > > > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > at virtual address > > 00000000 > > printing eip: > > f8872da8 > > *pde = 35562001 > > Oops: 0000 [#1] > > SMP > > Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 autofs4 sunrpc dm_mod > button battery ac > > ohci_hcd tg3 floppy sg ext3 jbd megaraid_mbox > megaraid_mm sd_mod > > scsi_mod > > CPU: 1 > > EIP: 0060:[<f8872da8>] Not tainted VLI > > EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.9-5.0.3.ELsmp) > > EIP is at __journal_file_buffer+0x1b/0x221 [jbd] > > eax: 00000000 ebx: d2fff26c ecx: 00000008 > edx: c2327680 > > esi: c2327680 edi: 00000008 ebp: 00000000 > esp: f7533dd4 > > ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 > > Process kjournald (pid: 210, threadinfo=f7533000 > task=f75825b0) > > Stack: 00000000 00000000 f148fad8 f7f66200 > d2fff26c c2327680 f887351b > > 00000286 > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 d2517e6c f7f66200 > > caa4c50c > > 00001f18 00000000 f75825b0 c011e8d2 > f7533e44 f7533e44 f750c054 > > f8836f24 > > Call Trace: > > [<f887351b>] > journal_commit_transaction+0x310/0xfb1 [jbd] > > [<c011e8d2>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d > > [<f8836f24>] megaraid_isr+0x1ad/0x1bf > [megaraid_mbox] > > [<c011e8d2>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d > > [<c011bcd5>] finish_task_switch+0x30/0x66 > > [<c02c4363>] schedule+0x833/0x869 > > [<c0127e62>] del_timer_sync+0x7a/0x9c > > [<f8875e6d>] kjournald+0xc7/0x215 [jbd] > > [<c011e8d2>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d > > [<c011e8d2>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d > > [<c011bd1d>] schedule_tail+0x12/0x55 > > [<f8875da0>] commit_timeout+0x0/0x5 [jbd] > > [<f8875da6>] kjournald+0x0/0x215 [jbd] > > [<c01041f1>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb > > Code: 14 ba 01 00 00 00 83 c4 10 89 d0 5b 5e 5f 5d > c3 55 31 ed 57 89 cf > > 56 89 d6 53 53 53 89 c3 c7 44 24 04 00 00 00 00 8b > 00 89 04 24 <8b> 00 > > a9 00 00 08 00 75 29 68 d4 85 87 f8 68 9b 07 00 00 > 68 55 > > > > No idea what is causing this (looks like a > Filesystem process to me), but > we have a new kernel (that will be included in > CentOS-4.1). It is > kernel-2.6.9-6.37.EL.src.rpm. > > I would be glad to give you the new i686-smp kernel > to see if it solves > your problem. > > Are these EM64T Xeons or i686(32-bit) Xeons: > http://www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon/index.htm > (looking at the Dell site, I think they are 32-bit) > > (If I am wrong and it is the EM64T Xeons, you should > have installed the > x86_64 distro instead of the i386 one) > > Also recommend the latest SCSI Controller BIOS: > http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&SystemID=PWE_PNT_XEO_1750&os=LE30&osl=en&deviceid=2608&devlib=35&category=35&releaseid=R85295 > > and Server BIOS: > http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&SystemID=PWE_PNT_XEO_1750&os=LE30&osl=en&deviceid=159&devlib=1&category=1&releaseid=R87618 > > -- > Johnny Hughes > <http://www.HughesJR.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > wow, this looks and sounds like the same problems i was having with my box. But mine was once a day that it would lock up. i guess i am going to have to wait until 4.1 before i think about upgrading to centos 4*... Steven "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows or better'. So I installed Linux." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/