Ed Seiler wrote:
> Any time I do a ls /proc/net/stat on either of two Fedora Core 3 boxes
> ( one Intel, one AMD ) the process hangs. Actually the first time the
> command is run it will core dump. Anytime after that the process hangs
> and it can't be killed.
>
> Likewise, a locate -u will first core dump then the second time hang.
> Both machines are pretty much default new installations. On one, I did
> a yum update and it installed lots of things but the problem
> continues.
>
> I just recently checked a server setup by someone else and it has
> exactly the same problem but, at the same time, he has another server
> that does not.
>
> It starts right out of the box with a fresh install and it never goes away.
> I have swapped memory to no avail.
>
> The core dump does generate a message and it is included below.
<snip>
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e020d500
Looks like a kernel bug. You may want to see if any other kernels have
the same problem, but you should report it to bugzilla.redhat.com, with
the core dump and kernel revision.
For what it's worth, I don't see the problem. But I'm on a
custom-compiled kernel on x86-64.
Thanks,
James.
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