Unable to handle kernel paging

purej · 09-30-2005, 03:35 AM

I am using red hat linux 9.0
using kernel 2.4-20.8

One day , I find that I can't telnet , ftp to the computer because of the linux can;t fork(), so I use the computer locally, I find that, It can't display anything
So, I restart the computer

After restart, I can't start linux
The below is the error

Quote:

Code: Bad EIP value
<1> Unable to handle kernel pagaing request at virtual address 84900d66
printing eip:
84900d66
*pde:00000000
Oops:0000
ext3:jbd
CPU:0
EIP:0060[<84900d66>]Not Tainted
EFLAGS: 000102383
EIP is at using versions[] 0x84900d65(2.4.20-8)
eax:0000003b ebx:c1918000 ecx:bfffc77c edx:00000068
es:00000001 edi:0000000b ebp:bffff750 esp:c1919fc0
ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss:0068
Process init(pid:1, stack page=c1919000)
Stack c0109537 bfffc77c bfffc77c 00000029
00000001 0000000b bfffc750 0000003b
0000002b 0000002b 0000003b 080480bb
00000023 00000246 bfffc74c 0000002b

CallTrace[<c0109537>]system_call[kernel]0x33(0xc1919fc0)
Code Bad EIP value
<0> kernel panic: Attempted to kill init

after this error come out, I can't do anything, the caps lock light and scroll locks light keep flashing. I have test the computer with different ram. But still face the same problem.

Can anyone please kindly help me to locate the problem?

btmiller · 09-30-2005, 08:49 PM

Have you run memtest on the system? It is probably some sort of hardware problem, but you can also boot off of a LiveCD and see if it's still unstable. It could be a sign of something bad on your motherboard/CPU if a LiveCD is unstable.