Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.
> > Colin Watson scripsit:
> > >More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically,
> > >version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as
> > >well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it.
> >
> > Well, It doesn't :) I have installed the 2.2.18 kernel on potato and
> > still have this problem... And it does not seems so unharmfull to me.
> > Sometime the box freeze, just as if I got a BSoD on a M$ machine! This
> > happens a lot when I use memory-greedy applications, of course.
> >
> strange. on this box i'm writing this email i never experience this VM
> problem (128MB ram, 6GB hd all for Linux, plus running helixcode and
> mozilla and xchat) although on the other machine i installed 2.2 (96MB
> ram, 4GB hd, running on console only) i get that VM error message for
> "kupdate" and such. in short, it's not only because one uses greedy
> apps but it could be hardware related.
>
> welp, that's my observation from here.
>
I can only second that. I have two boxes runninh with kernel 2.2.17 and on
the first one I never had any problems of this kind. On the other it
started some days ago (after running about 3 weeks) and appears now and
then. I can find no regularities of any kind.
Stephan
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