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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Right - RHEL6 went into general release nearly a year ago and RHEL5 has been out for about 4 years (it is up to RHEL5.8 I think).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">RHEL4 goes EOL in Feb 2012 so if this is a RHEL4 system the OP should be planning on upgrading if he wants to keep RedHat support and
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b><span style="font-weight:
bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Scott McBrien<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:33 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] ext3-fs error (RH 3.4.6-2)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt">This looks like a RHEL 4 system, judging from its kernel. However, release 42 is WAY old. You should try a later kernel update, though this may break the extra non-GPL
modules you appear to be running.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">first thought: get off that RHEL3 systems ASAP!
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second thought: get ready for a new machine purchase.<br>
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generically it looks like a drive problem. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt">On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Rich Faulkner <<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Red Hat gurus....I'm working an issue with a RH 3.4.6-2 (kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp) that has suffered a couple of crashes. /var/log/messages
include:<br>
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Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ): ext3_get_group_desc: block_group >= groups_count - block_group = 3734, groups_count = 0<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000003a<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: printing eip:<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: f88d07f1<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: *pde = 36c6c001<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: SMP <br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Modules linked in: mercd(U) ctimod(U) parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc dm_mirror dm_mod button battery ac md5 ipv6 joydev uhci_hcd ehci_hcd e1000 sr_mod ext3 jbd ata_piix libata aacraid sd_mod scsi_mod<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: CPU: 0<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f88d07f1>] Tainted: PF VLI<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.9-42.ELsmp) <br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EIP is at ext3_handle_error+0x18/0x8b [ext3]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: eax: c3614f94 ebx: c3614e14 ecx: f7c62e20 edx: 00000002<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: c3614e14 ebp: 00000000 esp: f7c62e10<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Process sendmail (pid: 3047, threadinfo=f7c62000 task=f727c270)<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Stack: f7c62e4c c3614e14 f88d089e f88d8b3c f88d7d40 f7c62e4c f88d8b19 c3614f74
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Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: f88d7d83 00000e96 05ca0c7a f88c702a c3614e14 f88d7d83 f88d7d40 00000e96
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Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: 00000000 00000e96 00000e96 05ca0c7a 00001160 c3614e00 f88c830c 00000000
<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Call Trace:<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<f88d089e>] ext3_error+0x3a/0x40 [ext3]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<f88c702a>] ext3_get_group_desc+0x2a/0x85 [ext3]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<f88c830c>] ext3_count_free_blocks+0x28/0x3e [ext3]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<f88d2b51>] ext3_statfs+0x9a/0x116 [ext3]<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c0159149>] vfs_statfs+0x41/0x59<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c015916f>] vfs_statfs_native+0xe/0xd0<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c01678e5>] __user_walk+0x4a/0x51<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c0159298>] sys_statfs+0x3f/0x9f<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c018a4f8>] loadavg_read_proc+0x98/0xa0<br>
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: [<c010b052>] do_gettimeofday+0x1a/0x9c<br>
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel: [<c012614f>] sys_time+0xf/0x58<br>
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel: [<c02d4703>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb<br>
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel: Code: d4 20 85 c7 80 4b 18 04 83 c4 10 83 c4 10 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 56 53 89 c3 8b 80 80 01 00 00 0f b7 50 40 8b 70 2c 83 ca 02 66 89 50 40 <0f> b7 46 3a 83 c8 02 66 89 46 3a f6 43 34 01 75 5f 8b 8b 80 01
<br>
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel: <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds<br>
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.<br>
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost syslog: syslogd startup succeeded<br>
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.<br>
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.6.9-42.ELsmp (<a href="mailto:bhcompile@hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com" target="_blank">bhcompile@hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com</a>) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-2)) #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006<br>
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:<br>
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Thoughts? <br>
<br>
Many thanks while I otherwise research this online....RinL<br>
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