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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:21:00 +0100 From: Markus <M4rkusXXL@....de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de> Subject: Re: programs vanish with 2.6.22+ Am Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2007 schrieb Guennadi Liakhovetski: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Markus wrote: > > > Just forgot to mention: > > dmesg gives nothing (/var/log/messages) > > the global X log aswell > > > > and in the users .xsession-errors I have: > > amarokapp: Fatal IO error: client killed > > kdesktop: Fatal IO error: client killed > > konqueror: Fatal IO error: client killed > > The application 'xchat' lost its connection to the display :0.0; > > > > I dont know what that means, but at least its something ;) > > Hm, no good idea, but some possible hints: > > 1. Ask Gentoo folks - if anyone has seen similar problems Noone gave a positiv answer so far. > 2. RAM test - even if earlier kernels ran stable, the new one might stress > your RAM differently Will do that overnight. > 3. Are you sure nothing else has changed apart from the kernel? Yes, I have some kernels installed and booted into them without changing anything else. > 4. You might try to recompile a vanilla 2.6.23+ kernel and enable as many > kernel debugging options as you can... I try that next. > 5. Are you sure the installed kernel matches your CPU and your user-space > 64- / 32-bit combination? Don't know whether a wrongly configured kernel > could cause such problems though Everything is "safe". Its a native 64-bit system with "safe" flags. > > Good luck > Guennadi > I will write when I did a ram-test and am running a 24-rc4 with full-debug. Will also try things from the gentoo-users... Is there any userspace software that is needed with newer kernels? Markus > > > > Markus > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > Excuse my bad english, I am no native speaker. And please CC me, as I > > am > > > not subscribed! > > > > > > I am running an amd64 system with a stable gentoo. Today I upgraded to > > > the kernel 2.6.22 and noticed many programs to disappear. > > > I use a kde desktop (3.5.7) and when amarok or kmail crash, normaly > > > a "kde-crash-manager" pops up (but that happend very rarely), but not > > > with 2.6.22+. It happens often and without any messagebox. > > > kdesktop, xchat, kicker, konqueror crashed as well. > > > It happens more often under heavy load. But it can also happen when > > > idle. Also I have the feeling that it happens more often on 2.6.23+ I > > > might be wrong. > > > > > > I tried 2.6.23 and the current 2.6.24-rc4, which all show this problem > > > aswell! > > > What has changed in 2.6.21 -> 2.6.22 that could cause such things? > > > Or who can tell that? > > > Can I help? How? (I use linux for years and can code, but I never > > > debugged anything as big as the kernel...) > > > > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > PS: Sorry thats so late, but I normaly stay on the distros stable > > kernel > > > and only try vanilla when something is wrong ;) > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > --- > Guennadi Liakhovetski > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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