Fedora 3 kernel: journal commit I/O error

[Simon Wu]

On 1/14/07, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Simon Wu wrote:
> > On 1/12/07, T. Horsnell <tsh at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >I have a Fedora 3 system with its original 2.6.9 kernel. After running
> >> >for a few days, it complains about "journal commit I/O error" and the
> >> >system needs to be rebooted.
> >>
> >> Check for i/o error messages in /var/log/messages for starters.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Terry.
> >>
> > I couldn't find any sign from /var/log/messages. But all of my Fedora
> > 3 PC ( 3 or 4) in my network have the same issue. I thought this might
> > be a know issue. I just have to upgrade them. I know upgrading fixed
> > the problem.
> Not that I'll be of much help but where did you see journal "commit I/O
> error"  ? could you copy down the crash into a reply ? Are you running a
> gui or text mode ?
>
> Now back in fc3's hey day, I remember problems {message similar to what
> you are seeing} with the raid array (aacraid) when I booted the SMP
> kernel {so always used the non-smp kernel}. After some 6 months or so, a
> combination of raid firmware and newer kernels fixed this up.
>
> I have two fc3 servers {hardware raid 5} up for 200+ days, so it is
> possible:
>  08:57:36 up 214 days, 11:54,  9 users,  load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.16
>
> The machine is currently running a :
> Linux server1 2.6.12-2.3.legacy_FC3smp #1 SMP Sun Feb 19 08:53:09 EST
> 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> kernel-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3
> kernel-2.6.12-2.3.legacy_FC3
> kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3
> kernel-smp-2.6.12-2.3.legacy_FC3
>
> Running at least the most current kernel update might immediately solve
> the problem ?
>
> DaveT.
>
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Thanks Dave.

I am running a text mode with 2.6.9 smp. I couldn't upgrade to 2.6.12
because the hard disk complaint. I guess I just have to re-install
Fedora 5 or 6.

Simon