Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3-en-OSUpdate-5.0.pkg, server down after install

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 18 December 2002 04:33, Charles Teton wrote:
> Just went and installed the RaQ3-en-OSUpdate-5.0.pkg, download from
> Sun. Waited 45 minutes for re-boot button to come up, it didn't. So I
> re-loaded installer page which showed the update as loaded and had all
> the 'Obsoletes Previous Updates' removed from the list.
>
> Re-booted and server never came back on-line, contacted NetNation's
> great 24/7 support who had noticed it wasn't responding to pings. They
> rebooted server a few times... It seems to reboot OK and has host name
> and IP address configured through the LCD, but is completely dead to
> the network.

If it's "completely dead to the network" how did you read /var/log/messages?

> Only entry in /var/log/messages:
>
> Dec 18 08:26:58 www kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
> poprelayd...
> Dec 18 08:26:58 www kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
> poprelayd...
> Dec 18 08:26:58 www kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
> Dec 18 08:26:59 www kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
> install.cgi...
> Dec 18 08:26:59 www kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
> syslogd...
>
> Does anyone please have a clue?
>
VM is the Virtual Memory handler, something must be eating memory.
I read on the net that there was a bug in kernel 2.2.16, maybe cobalt put a 
bad kernel in there.
The system should always be able to swap memory out. It sure sounds like a 
kernel problem.

Gerald
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