Re: Problem with kernels 2.3.43/4/5

[Jorge Nerin]

Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 
> Rui Sousa wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm seeing programs failing with segmentation fault while loading.
> > I first noticed the problem with kernel-2.3.43.
> > I've seen it happen with netscape and vi, which work ok with other
> > kernel versions. Also the problem seems to happen while still executing
> > the ld-linux library code.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Dual PII, SMP kernel, 128 Mb.
> >
> 
> Ok, these kernel produce random segfaults on some SMP computers. Could
> you describe the problem: does netscape always crash, or only sometimes?
> 
> It seems that there is a sector read problem: sometimes the sectors are
> read correctly, and the program loads, sometimes a wrong sector is read,
> and then netscape/vi always crashes until you reboot.
> 
> --
>         Manfred

Well I use fat as a module, and autofs, and a second linux partition
mounted with autofs, OK:

1- I dowloaded some files to the root partition, then I copied it to a
vfat partition, then they didn't uncompres, but in the root partition it
will do. Even a text file of 695 bytes seemed to be corrupted, after a
reboot the files where ok.

2- sometimes when I compile something in the second partition (autofs
mounted) it stops with error "i/o error" and make saying that there is
no target, at this momento I do: cd .. ; rm -rf dir, and then i can't
delete dir with I/O error in one or more files. Umount, e2fsck and it
gets "short reads" (whatever it'll mean), reboot to 2.3.22 and e2fsck
fix it (whiout short reads), I think it began in 2.3.40, 2.3.44 exhibits
this behaviour also, so it does .41 .42 .43, have to test .45, just
dowloaded...

I only found one program segfault in the same condition, it was
prep-tabs2 from one tv descrambling package.

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Jorge Nerin
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