Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:19:37 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: OOM in 2.6.19-rc* |
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On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 04:40:17PM +0000, Christian Kujau wrote: > Hello, > > a few days ago I upgraded my desktop machine (x86_64) to ubuntu/edgy > thus completely changing the userland. Since I'm using kernel.org > kernels I upgraded to a current kernel as well (2.6.19-rc4-git from Nov > 4 and 2.6.19-rc4-mm2). Now, while working under X11, probably reading > email, all of a sudden the machine was not responsible any more and the > disk was spinning like wild. The desktop applet showed all swap being > used up then the display froze too and ~5 min later the machine came > back with the gnome-login screen: it had not rebooted but ran OOM and > several apps got killed. >...
Can you test whether an older kernel (preferably the one that worked before) shows the same problem?
This way you might know whether it's a kernel problem or a distribution problem.
> Thanks for your thoughts, > Christian.
cu Adrian
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