Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 08:55:17 +0200 | Subject | 2.2.5: INIT: PANIC: segmantation violation! giving up.. |
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Hello,
I have a real problem with Linux-2.2.5: For some reason that is not hardware, init dies. This wouldn't be as bad if
1) A message would go to syslog (and not to console only)
2) The kernel would really panic
3) The kernel would not silently fille the process table and refuse to start any more processes.
As you know, if your system is in that state, you can switch consoles, find nothing unusual, but you can't login, you can't shutdown, and you can't even TELNET into the machine.
With my most recent crash I just exited "man rpm" when no prompt came again, and I could not enter any command!
I thin something should be done. (I don't know the problem that causes the crash, but I suspect a late consequence form some failed SCSI (AHA1542) tape access using dump. (dump does nothing when it is expected to write to the tape; I interrupted the process after a few minutes))
Sorry for the bad news, Ulrich P.S. Not subscribed, so maybe CC: any replies
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