Basically, after i boot a new kernel, after a while (to be defined
shortly), i start getting kmod: fork errors, and the system becomes
unuseable. in the next to latest try (2.1.109), the X display started
getting hosed (hard to describe, looks like sync pulses out of whack,
causing 'mixing' of scan lines).
In the latest test (2.1.110) the X display didnt get hosed, but the
fork errors remained.
Here is what happens:
i boot up, everything is fine, apps work, etc
i start a PPP session (i compiled PPP into kenel rather than module,
thinking that would solve kmod errors :-(
things work okay for a while, i download email, etc.
then i start netscape up, it comes up fine, but then i get the fork
errors
i modified kmod.c to show which module was called at the time; here is
from klog:
...
[boot]
Jul 22 09:57:41 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.1.110 (root@gustav)
... (gcc version 2.7.2.3.f.1) #1 Tue Jul 21 11:06:50 EDT 1998
Jul 22 09:57:41 localhost kernel: Memory: 63468k/65536k available
... (700k kernel code, 392k reserved, 948k data, 28k init)
Jul 22 09:57:41 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 62492k swap-space
... (priority -1)
[zzzzzzzzzzzzz]
Jul 22 10:04:18 localhost kernel: registered device ppp0
Jul 22 10:05:05 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[okay, PPP registered, ppp_deflate.o inserted]
[do some email, etc, no problems]
[start netscape]
Jul 22 10:20:51 localhost kernel: kmod: fork failed (module: net-pf-5), errno 11
Jul 22 10:21:32 localhost kernel: kmod: fork failed (module: net-pf-5), errno 11
Jul 22 10:21:32 localhost kernel: kmod: fork failed (module: net-pf-5), errno 11
[followed by lots of fork errors from various processes]
[sayonara]
...
now first off, why is net-pf-5 (appletalk) even getting called?
second, i have in conf.modules:
## Network stuff
alias net-pf-1 unix
alias net-pf-2 ipv4
...
alias net-pf-5 off # forget appletalk
yet kmod still gives a fork error.
so my question is, what gives with kmod?????? all other modules seem
to work fine. and kerneld has worked flawlessly forever...
all other modules working fine:
(gustav)~/: lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 38952 0 (autoclean)
serial 16568 1 (autoclean)
aha152x 25072 1 (autoclean)
sd_mod 15440 1 (autoclean)
scsi_mod 52892 2 (autoclean) [aha152x sd_mod]
unix 9548 32 (autoclean)
vfat 13572 4 (autoclean)
fat 24016 4 (autoclean) [vfat]
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