Linux-Hams archive - March 1997: crontab hanging kernel(?) - possible relation to ax25-modules-12

crontab hanging kernel(?) - possible relation to ax25-modules-12

Simon J Mudd (mfkoche.oelomkhxz@medcohealth.com)
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 21:54:35 +0100 (MET)

This may be completely off track, but I'm about to downgrade kernels to
test this theory.

I've been having a very odd occurence of crontab hanging, after doing
crontab -e. After this login or su attempts fail trying after typing in
the username. Init gets stuck in the same way. ps shows that the
affected processes are in uninterruptable sleep. The only way to fix this
is to switch the power off. (shutdown or sync get stuck if you type them
at the command prompt)

I'm running 2.0.29 with the ax25-module-12 kernel patch. As I've not seen
this particular "bug" reported on the redhat list before I thought maybe
this is due to the kernel patch I'm using.

I'm blaming no-one, but just curious. Has anyone else experienced
anything similar?

regards,

Simon J Mudd, EA4ELS / G0FNB +34-1-559 2854 Madrid, Spain
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