[wellylug] Debian Oops's

[JP]

 --- Mark Signal wrote: 

> I have built two minimalist debian sarge boxes
> (rsync/apache2/clamd/bastille) for off-site backups
> - one is stable - and
> the other is doing things like this -
> 
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel:  printing eip:
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: e082b5e4
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: CPU:    0
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: EIP:
>
0010:[usb-uhci:__insmod_usb-uhci_O/lib/modules/2.4.25-1-386/kernel/drivers+-
> 1268252/96]    Not tainted
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010207
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: eax: 0100004d  
> ebx: 00000000   ecx:
> c149850c   edx: 00000000
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: esi: cbfb7300  
> edi: 00000001   ebp:
> 000001d0   esp: dffe3f20
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: ds: 0018   es:
> 0018   ss: 0018
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: Process kswapd
> (pid: 4,
> stackpage=dffe3000)
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: Stack: 00000000
> c14984f0 000001d0 0000001e
> e0837f32 c1590660 c14984f0 000001d0 
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel:        c0134284
> c14984f0 000001d0 00000000
> c14984f0 c012b6a8 c14984f0 000001d0 
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel:        00000c80
> 000049c3 c0243c98 00000020
> 000001d0 c0243c98 00000020 c012b960 
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
>
[usb-uhci:__insmod_usb-uhci_O/lib/modules/2.4.25-1-386/kernel/drivers+-12167
> 18/96] [try_to_release_page+46/68]
> [shrink_cache+447/789]
> [shrink_caches+46/55]
> [try_to_free_pages_zone+67/193]
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel:  
> [kswapd_balance_pgdat+74/145]
> [kswapd_balance+20/40] [kswapd+148/173]
> [rest_init+0/39]
> [arch_kernel_thread+35/45] [kswapd+0/173]
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: 
> Jun  1 22:45:05 localhost kernel: Code: f6 42 19 04
> 8b 5b 28 74 11 89 e0 50
> 52 e8 23 ff ff ff 85 c0 
> 

You can try turning off usb detection using a boot
parameter.

See here:
<http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html>

I _believe_ a "nousb" parameter will disable usb
entirely.

When installing for the first time, you can use:
debian-installer/probe/usb=false

Also, are you sure the RAM is okay in that machine? 
I'm wondering, given the call trace, whether the
machine is running out of memory.  If true, this could
be due to something screwy in the usb_uhci module, or
something with the hardware.

Cheers
Tony

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