swapping madness, 2.6.8-1.521smp
by Jamie Zawinski
Since I upgraded from RH9 to FC2, I've been having this problem,
roughly twice daily: I'll come home, and my machine is swapping
madly. Logging in from another machine shows something like:
top - 11:07:41 up 11:58, 3 users, load average: 9.64, 9.01, 7.60
Tasks: 134 total, 2 running, 129 sleeping, 0 stopped, 3 zombie
Cpu(s): 20.1% us, 5.6% sy, 3.6% ni, 36.7% id, 33.8% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.2% si
Mem: 1034404k total, 1029672k used, 4732k free, 744k buffers
Swap: 1028152k total, 267844k used, 760308k free, 8456k cached
Now here's the weird thing: I can't tell which process is holding
on to nearly 1GB of memory.
If I kill X, everything settles down and goes back to normal; so
that suggests that the culprit is the X server or some client of
it. But I can't tell which.
Top (and ps, and /dev/*/map) says that the X server, in times like
this, is only around 150MB. It is the largest process. Number two
is Mozilla, at a svelte 89MB.
Killing Mozilla alone does not fix matters. I spent some time
killing off other X clients one at a time, but I wasn't totally
methodical about it, so I didn't find a culprit that way either.
So, clearly some program is going nuts on me here, but the really
weird thing is that I can't tell who all the memory belongs to.
Someone suggested trying "echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness" to
see what happens, but that didn't cause any change that I could see.
Any suggestions for what I should look for the next time this
happens? Pretty much guarenteed that it will recur within 12
or 14 hours.
FC2; I've seen this on both kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2 and
kernel-smp-2.6.8-1.521. Two "AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+" on a
GA-7DPXDW-P mobo.
Thanks,
--
Jamie Zawinski
jwz(a)jwz.org http://www.jwz.org/
jwz(a)dnalounge.com http://www.dnalounge.com/
19 years, 8 months
Additional Repository Metadata
by Shahms King
Given that the yum/apt/up2date repository metadata format is in a bit of
flux at the moment, this seems like a reasonable time to ask if it would
be possible to add something like a "severity" field to the metadata to
allow tools to distinguish between security and "normal" updates.
That way, sites could maintain a conservative update policy but still
keep abreast of security related updates. It would also mean that the
rhn_applet could only show the blinking red "!" for security updates and
a possibly less attention grabbing icon for less important information.
--
Shahms E. King <shahms(a)shahms.com>
Multnomah ESD
Public Key:
http://shahms.mesd.k12.or.us/~sking/shahms.asc
Fingerprint:
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19 years, 8 months
rawhide report: 20040820 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
GConf2-2.7.91.1-1
-----------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> 2.7.91.1-1
- Update to 2.7.91.1
acl-2.2.23-1
------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch(a)redhat.com> 2.2.23-1
- Update to latest upstream version.
* Sun Aug 08 2004 Alan Cox <alan(a)redhat.com> 2.2.7-7
- Close bug #125300 (Steve Grubb: build requires libtool,gettext)
arts-1.3.0-1
------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 1.3.0-1
- update to 1.3.0 release
bind-9.2.4rc7-7
---------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Jason Vas Dias <jvdias(a)redhat.com>
- Upgrade to bind-9.2.4rc7; applied initscript fix
- for bug 102035.
control-center-2.7.0-1
----------------------
* Mon Aug 09 2004 Jonathan Blandford <jrb(a)redhat.com> 1:2.7.0-1
- update to 2.7.0
cyrus-sasl-2.1.19-1
-------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 2.1.19-1
- rebuild (the 2.1.19 changelog for fixing a buffer overflow referred to a CVS
revision between 2.1.18 and 2.1.19)
* Mon Jul 19 2004 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 2.1.19-0
- update to 2.1.19, maybe for update
eel2-2.7.4-1
------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Alex Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.7.4-1
- update to 2.7.4
gamin-0.0.6-1
-------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com>
- upstream release 0.0.6
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.0.6-1
- fixes simple file monitoring should close RH #129974
- relocate gam_server in $(libexec)
* Thu Aug 05 2004 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.0.5-1
- Fix a crash when the client binary forks the gam_server and an
atexit handler is run.
gcc35-3.5.0-0.8
---------------
* Wed Aug 18 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 3.5.0-0.8
- update fromm trunk
- stop using dot symbols on ppc64 (Alan Modra)
- overlap fd_aux field of ppc64 .opd entries with next .opd entry's fd_func
if a function is not going to use r11 passed to it
- add mm3dnow.h and mm_malloc.h headers on ia32/x86-64
- add gcc35-gfortran, libgfortran subpackages (#130212)
- add libmudflap and libmudflap-devel subpackages
glibc-2.3.3-45
--------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 2.3.3-45
- update from CVS
- fix nss_compat's initgroups handling (#130363)
- fix getaddrinfo ai_canonname setting
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 2.3.3-44
- update from CVS
- add ip6-dotint resolv.conf option, make
no-ip6-dotint the default
- BuildPrereq libselinux-devel (#129946)
- on ppc64, build without dot symbols
gnome-panel-2.7.91.1-1
----------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com>
- Update to 2.7.91.1
gnome-pilot-2.0.10-10
---------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 David Malcolm <dmalcolm(a)redhat.com> - 2.0.10-10
- Changed BuildRequires from gnome-panel to gnome-panel-devel (bz #125033)
gnome-pilot-conduits-2.0.10-4
-----------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 David Malcolm <dmalcolm(a)redhat.com> - 2.0.10-4
- Added patch by Justin M. Forbes <64bit_fedora(a)comcast.net> for proper libdir in .conduit files (#121268)
gnome-vfs2-2.7.91-1
-------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Alex Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.7.91-1
- update to 2.7.91
hal-0.2.97.cvs20040819-1
------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> 0.2.97.cvs20040819-1
- Update to upstream CVS HEAD
- Remove suid patch as it is fixed upstream
- Fix some dependency issues (RH Bug #130202)
* Wed Aug 18 2004 John (J5) Palmieri <johnp(a)redhat.com> 0.2.97-2
- Add stopgap patch to remove suid from mount flags (RH Bug #130290)
* Mon Aug 16 2004 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> 0.2.97-1
- update to upstream release 0.2.97
- use kudzu option in fstab-sync since updfstab is now disabled
initscripts-7.64-1
------------------
* Fri Aug 20 2004 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 7.64-1
- rc.d/rc.sysinit: check for dev file too (#130350)
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 7.63-1
- allow CBCP with own number (#125710)
kdebase-3.3.0-1
---------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 6:3.3.0-1
- update to 3.3.0 release
kdelibs-3.3.0-1
---------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 6:3.3.0-1
- update to 3.3.0 release
libc-client-2002e-7
-------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Joe Orton <jorton(a)redhat.com> 2002e-7
- have -devel require libc-client of same VR
libselinux-1.16-1
-----------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> 1.16-1
- New upstream version
libsepol-1.0-1
--------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> 1.0-1
- New upstream version
lvm2-2.00.21-1
--------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Alasdair Kergon <agk(a)redhat.com> - 2.00.21-1
- New upstream release incorporating fixes plus minor enhancements.
mkinitrd-4.1.1-1
----------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 4.1.1-1
- don't remove lost+found (#130327)
- don't try to mount/umount /sys on 2.4 (#130298)
* Tue Aug 17 2004 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 4.1.0-1
- mkinitrd: if using udev for the initrd, set things up appropriately
(based on patches from Harald Hoyer and Thomas Woerner)
- nash: support for echo -n
- nash: better error message on exec failures
- nash: exec udev if we're called as a hotplug handler
nautilus-2.7.4-1
----------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Alex Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.7.4-1
- update to 2.7.4
* Fri Aug 06 2004 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 2.7.2-1
- update to 2.7.2
* Tue Aug 03 2004 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> 2.6.0-7
- rebuilt
nautilus-cd-burner-2.7.6-1
--------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Alex Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.7.6-1
- update to 2.7.6
netpbm-10.24-2
--------------
* Wed Aug 18 2004 Jindrich Novy <jnovy(a)redhat.com> 10.24-2
- added patch to fix compile crash for 64bit machines
- various hacks related to .security patch
* Mon Aug 16 2004 Jindrich Novy <jnovy(a)redhat.com> 10.24-1
- updated to 10.24
- updated docs
* Thu Aug 05 2004 Jindrich Novy <jnovy(a)redhat.com> 10.23-2
- added pngtopnm patch
- added malloc patch
openldap-2.2.13-2
-----------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 2.2.13-2
- build a separate, static set of libraries for openldap-devel with the
non-standard ntlm bind patch applied, for use by the evolution-connector
package (#125579), and installing them under
%{evolution_connector_prefix} (/usr/lib/evolution-openldap)
- provide openldap-evolution-devel = %{version}-%{release} in openldap-devel
so that evolution-connector's source package can require a version of
openldap-devel which provides what it wants
* Mon Jul 26 2004 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com>
- update administrator guide
php-4.3.8-6
-----------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Joe Orton <jorton(a)redhat.com> 4.3.8-6
- fix phpize for libdir=lib64
- "fix" round() fudging for recent gcc on x86
- drop unnecessary gd-devel build dependency again
- use RTLD_GLOBAL to load extensions again (#127518)
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Joe Orton <jorton(a)redhat.com> 4.3.8-5
- add fix for bundled libgd symbol conflicts (#124530)
- enable mime_magic extension and Require: file (#130276)
- disable bug22414 test again (#130317)
- fix gettimeofday tests on x86_64
redhat-rpm-config-8.0.31-1.jakub
--------------------------------
rpm-4.3.2-0.8
-------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Jeff Johnson <jbj(a)jbj.org> 4.3.2-0.7
- shared libraries in separate rpm-libs package.
- avoid "can't happen" recursion while retrieving pubkeys.
- add ppc32dy4 arch.
- make peace with automake 1.9.1.
rpmdb-fedora-3-0.20040820
-------------------------
selinux-policy-strict-1.15.16-2
-------------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> 1.15.16-2
- Add printer_device_t to types/devices.te, remove from lpd.te.
selinux-policy-targeted-1.15.16-2
---------------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> 1.15.16-2
- Add printer_device_t to types/devices.te.
sox-12.17.5-1
-------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Thomas Woerner <twoerner(a)redhat.com> 12.17.5-1
- new version 12.17.5
* Fri Jul 23 2004 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 12.17.4-4.fc2
- add patch for buffer overflow in wav code (CAN-2004-0557, #128158)
spamassassin-3.0-5.rc1
----------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 3.0-5.rc1
- 3.0 rc1
system-config-display-1.0.18-2
------------------------------
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.18-2
- Ensure selection string translatable
* Thu Aug 19 2004 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.18-1
- Monitor selection for first boot
* Fri Jun 25 2004 Brent Fox <bfox(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.17-1
- initialize self.probed_path in videocardDialog.py (bug #113695)
19 years, 8 months
libgcj35 missing?
by Peter Backlund
Hello.
Is there any particular reason why libgcj isn't built with along with
gcc35 in Rawhide?
It would be nice to be able to take a shot on bulding Eclipse with it.
/Peter Backlund
19 years, 8 months
Linux Developers
by Casey James Price
Hi there,
I know this may be a bit off topic, but I am wanting to develop my own distribution of Linux...and was wondering where might be the best resource for getting developers and guides to creating a distro. Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks,
Casey Price
Network Administrator
Alpha Web Server
http://www.aws-sj.com
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19 years, 8 months
mach on RHEL 3?
by Aaron Bennett
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Hello,
Has anyone been able to get the mach chroot build system working on
Red Hat Enterprise 3? I'm looking at setting up a chrooted build
server, and I'd like to use RHEL 3 as build platform, but I need to be
able to build for Fedora Core 2.
Any pointers, thoughts, suggestions, accusations of smoking crack, etc
are appreciated.
- - Aaron
- --
Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
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19 years, 8 months
Fedora Core 2 running on the Linksys NSLU2
by Lennert Buytenhek
Hi all,
FYI: the Fedora Core 2 ARM port appears to run on the Linksys NSLU2
(http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=35&scid=43&prid=640),
an ARM-based network storage device that goes for under $100.
The box is a tad bit slow, but at least you can hook a hard drive up
to it.
cheers,
Lennert
----- Forwarded message from trb <gentoo(a)nc.rr.com> -----
To: nslu2-linux(a)yahoogroups.com
User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82
From: "trb" <gentoo(a)nc.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:45:26 -0000
Subject: [nslu2-linux] *** KUDOS *** to Lennert for a Preliminary Fedora 2 Core on the NSLU2 !!!!
Ok fellow NSLU2-linux'ers -- Please sit down
Our newly-found best friend (Lennert Buytenhek)'s Fedora 2 core for
the arm5b runs on my NSLU2!
Here are a few commands:
bash-2.05b# cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
printf ("Hello World!\n");
}
bash-2.05b# gcc -o test test.c
bash-2.05b# ls
test test.c
bash-2.05b# ./test
Hello World!
bash-2.05b# ls
test test.c
bash-2.05b# uname -a
Linux LKG0F8CB8 2.4.22-xfs #377 Fri Jul 2 09:02:32 CST 2004 armv5b
armv5b armv5b GNU/Linux
bash-2.05b# objdump -a test
test: file format elf32-bigarm
test
bash-2.05b#
bash, vi, mount, gcc, are all running.
I *really* wanted that native arm compiler :).
I haven't tried networking and I used my busybox-rc3 to chroot into
the bunzip2, untarred fs.
THREE CHEERS and CONGRATS to Lennert !!!
I"m sure I'll be posting more or drop by the #nslu2-linux channel at
freenode.net
[g2]
Tommy B.
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19 years, 8 months
Re: Installing MIME type handlers
by Ray Strode
Hi,
> The recent updates to eog and file-roller say that they now update the
> MIME types cache, but (from discussions) I think the change is made
> incorrectly.
>
> Most, if not all, of our packages with .desktop files use
> desktop-file-install in the %install stage of the RPM, i.e. at package
> build time not package install time. The new
> '--rebuild-mime-info-cache' option, however, needs to be supplied on
> the target system, i.e. at package install time.
That's a very good point that I don't think was considered. Basically,
--rebuild-mime-info-cache was designed to be a convenience, so that
all desktop file stuff could be be done in one run. All it does
is run update-desktop-database on the directory where the desktop
files are installed.
Like you point out, this isn't going to work though because
mime<->application associations need to be generated in %post to be
accurate and not shipped as part of the rpms.
> What is the correct way to package a file that contains a MIME
> handler? Where should the .desktop file be shipped in the manifest,
> and what should the package %post scriptlet look like?
So, the best way to do this is to just keep your %install section like
it was originally (without the --rebuild-mime-info-cache option to
desktop-file-install) and then put something like
update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications
in %post
--Ray Strode
19 years, 8 months
pb connecting in imap with evolution 1.4.5
by Daniel Artaud
Hi everybody,
I try and connect to imap.laposte.net with mozilla 1.4.1 and it runs
perfectly
I try and do the same with evolution 1.5.1 and it failed to connect to
the server
Does anybody have an idea to get a wayaround
Thanks
daniel Artaud
19 years, 8 months
