Sven or Ben? -> Re: PQ2FADS-ZU kernel 2.4.26 dpkg help

[Dean Hamstead <dean@bong.com.au>]

lol, thats so outside my ball park. but you can be
happy that its not a common problem,

im sure ben or sven will be able to say something like
'that is because of xyz'

Dean

KokHow Teh wrote:
> > look at 'dmesg' (ie. type 'dmesg' on the console) and
> > see if the kernel tells you why its being killed
>
>
> <snip>
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k init 4k prep
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process dpkg
> PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives#
> PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> cpu             : 8280
> Core clock      : 400 MHz
> CPM  clock      : 200 MHz
> Bus  clock      : 100 MHz
> revision        : 32.19 (pvr 8082 2013)
> bogomips        : 266.24
> PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# ls /proc/*mem*
> /proc/iomem  /proc/meminfo
> PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# cat /proc/meminfo
>         total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
>         Mem:  30900224  9859072 21041152        0        0  2777088
>         Swap:        0        0        0
>         MemTotal:        30176 kB
>         MemFree:         20548 kB
>         MemShared:           0 kB
>         Buffers:             0 kB
>         Cached:           2712 kB
>         SwapCached:          0 kB
>         Active:           2184 kB
>         Inactive:         4380 kB
>         HighTotal:           0 kB
>         HighFree:            0 kB
>         LowTotal:        30176 kB
>         LowFree:         20548 kB
>         SwapTotal:           0 kB
>         SwapFree:            0 kB
> PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives#
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks.
>
> KokHow Teh wrote:
>
> > Hi;
> >
> > >    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
> >
> >
> >
> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> > > very odd, could be a hardware error? is your machine
> > > unstable? is it unstable under load?
> >
> >
> > My system is running over NFS. Here is the dpkg version info:
> >
> >
> > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg --version
> > Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.10.25
> > (powerpc).
> > This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
> > later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.
> > See dpkg --licence for copyright and license details.
> > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives#
> >
> > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i ftp_0.17-12_powerpc.deb
> > Killed
> > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i telnet_0.17-29_powerpc.deb
> > Killed
> > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives#
> >
> > As seen above, running dpkg manually get itself killed....
> >
> > Regards,
> > TEH
> >
> > KokHow Teh wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi;
> > >     I am running kernel 2.4.26 with debian distribution on PQ2FADS-ZU.
> >
> > I
> >
> >
> > > tried to download and install some packages from ftp sources but after
> >
> > the
> >
> >
> > > download, apt-get failed with "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited
> > > unexpectedly":
> > >
> > >
> > > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get -V install ftp
> > > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > > The following extra packages will be installed:
> > >  libreadline4 (4.3-11)
> > >  The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > >     ftp (0.17-12)
> > >        libreadline4 (4.3-11)
> > >        0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not upgraded.
> > >        Need to get 205kB of archives.
> > >        After unpacking 553kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > >        Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
> > >        Get:1 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main libreadline4 4.3-11
> >
> > [146kB]
> >
> >
> > >        Get:2 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main ftp 0.17-12 [58.9kB]
> > >        Fetched 205kB in 43s (4753B/s)
> > >        E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
> > > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get -V install telnet
> > >        Reading Package Lists... Done
> > >        Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > >        The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > >           telnet (0.17-29)
> > >           0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not
> >
> > upgraded.
> >
> >
> > >           Need to get 68.5kB of archives.
> > >           After unpacking 197kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > >           Get:1 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main telnet 0.17-29
> >
> > [68.5kB]
> >
> >
> > >           Fetched 68.5kB in 20s (3409B/s)
> > >           E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
> > > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives#
> > > PQ2FADS-ZU:~# uname -a
> > >             Linux PQ2FADS-ZU 2.4.26 #62 Wed Dec 14 16:00:08 MYT 2005
> >
> > ppc GNU/Linux
> >
> >
> > > PQ2FADS-ZU:~#
> > >
> > >     Any advice and insight is appreciated.