Re: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

Ivar Rosquist <IRosquist@xxxxxxx> writes:

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:08:03 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:

Ivar Rosquist <IRosquist@xxxxxxx> writes:

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:19:18 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:

peterharding@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Hi, we have a very old Red Hat 6.0 (hedwig) server with kernel
2.2.5-15smp. It froze and was then rebooted. I found the following
error in /var/spool/messages repeated 8x with different values. The 8
occurances of this error all happened withing 1 second:

Apr 17 11:29:29 warden kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000008
...
The server has since been OK with no repeat of this error.

Should I be concerned? Many thanks, Pete.

Only if kernel errors or getting hacked is a problem for you.

Thanks for providing such a useful, deep, insightful piece of
knowledge. Go home now and have some rest, lest so much altruism and
intellectual activity get the better of you.

To the OP:

I have been going through something similar myself, and it was
due to bad memory. This does not guarantee that that's what is
affecting your machine, but it is certainly worth a try.

So you think running RH 6.0 is a good idea?

Where in your original posting is that? What makes you think that
you can guess what I think about RH 6.0?

You replied in an arrogant and useless way to somebody asking for
help. Like I said, stay at home and come back if and when you have
anything constructive to contribute.

The OP says pretty clearly that he's running RH 6.0.

You see a memory problem, I see a very old OS problem.

The memory may or may not be bad, but running that OS
will still be a problem whether the memory is bad or not.

Any way, sarcasm is a fine art, you should learn to appreciate
it. Whether the OP appreciated it, we haven't heard
but he'd do well to pay heed.
.

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