Kernel NULL pointer dereference

From: Robert Mazur (mazur_at_raincode.net)
Date: 11/27/03

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    Hey friends,

    I have a RH6.2 (Dell Poweredge 1300) box that has been running the
    same old apps for a few years now. All of a sudden I am getting:

    Process <pick a running daemon ie. java, or sendmail..etc>
    "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
    00000010"

    After I get this I can no longer log into the machine, the daemons die
    over the course of an hour, and I'm forced to restart. After restart
    it will run for about 8 hours, then do it again.

    I searched the archives and see that 9 times out of 10 this is
    suggesting a memory problem. I replaced all the RAM this morning, and
    still I am getting the error.

    I realize I need to upgrade from 6.2, and planned to in January. I
    just need this baby to run about 4 more weeks using its current
    config. Any thoughts on what else I could check? I'm at a loss.

    Rob

    p.s. I don't think it matters as the process named during the error
    varies, but the box is running apache, tomcat, sendmail, ssh.

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