Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:00:21 -0700 From: Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Applications Hang Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I used top and dmesg before everthing slows, but nothing out of the ordinary shows. CPU idle is around 95%-98%. Most messages in dmesg is from packets being dropped by my firewall.
The hardware I'm running is a AMI MB with a 800Mhz Intel PIII, 1GB ram, floppy, CD, hard drive, SoundBlaster card, two NIC's, both are Netgear FA311--that's it.
hmm nothing out of the ordinary - I had one set of rh 9 boxes that would segfault and not run some common commands, and one set that had no problems. Just doing a rough diff between the sets showed that the working set had packages from freshrpms, while the bad et had packages from... er - a different place.
Just out of curiosity, are you running a stock rh 9 kernel, or self-compiled? Is your system up to date?
BTW which version of java are you running?
Also, you mentioned mozilla 1.3 - does the box have problems with mozilla 1.2 from redhat, or with the 1.4 from rawhide? (does the problem happen always when using mplayer, or when using mozilla, or a combination, or at random?
Joe
I am running a stock kernel and it is up to date.
I did find the following error file called hs_err_pid9109.log.
An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x42073770 during VM shutdown Function=__libc_free+0x70 Library=/lib/tls/libc.so.6 #The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (Blackdown-1.4.1-01 mixed mode)
Ah, so you're not using the 1.4.2b jvm - That's one area in which we differ - also I've been using netscape 7.02 -
I'm only using mozilla 1.3. The problem is random. Where do I start to look for the problem?
Without seeing a process listing when the symptoms are occuring it will be difficult.
The signal 11 is commonly a sign of bad RAM - you may want to run memtest86 for some hours and see if it turns up any problems.
Joe
