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 >> >> ^^^^^, ^^^^^ >> [...] >> >>> 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? >> >> > > VMware? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3211 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060801/c1990bcb/attachment-0005.bin>