2.6.15-1.1831 Memory Issues

[David Cary Hart]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:05:37 -0500
Brian Hanks <bhanks at crackedweasel.org> opined:
> Has anyone else run across stability problems with the 2.6.15-1.1831 kernel?
> 
> I recently upgraded my rock solid FC4 box to this kernel version and shortly
> thereafter it crashed hard.  It was locked up to the point where it was not
> displaying anything and not responding to any type of input.  I tried to
> reboot it, but ended up getting an assortment of differing errors with each
> attempt (kernel panic - cannot sync, seg faults, etc.).  It even took 3
> attempts to get it to boot into single user mode.
> 
> At this point, I'm trying to figure out if it's truly a kernel thing or if
> it's just coincidental timing of some other issue (like a bad memory
> module).  I'll be running some more tests this evening.
> 
The release notes for 2.6.15.4 indicate that memory leaks were fixed.
Try the vanilla kernel.
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