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RHEL 6.0 upgrading kernel from 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 to 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
bfa-firmware < 3.0.3.1 conflicts with kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# rpm ...
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Kernel 3.8, Apache2 with WSGI : INFO: task apache2 blocked for more than 120 seconds
We have upgraded our Kernel from 2.6.32 to 3.8.7 on a Debian system. We have a sharing with NFS to get the data for Apache2. And Nginx serves only static files as a proxy.
Since we have installed the ...
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Why does my server boot the old debian kernel?
I got a vServer with Debian installed (important because I have no idea of how Debian was installed and/or built). Output of ~# uname -r: 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64.
After execution of (first some other ...
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/proc/<pid>/stat children CPU time
I've been running the following command on my linux box:
watch -d -n 1 "cat /proc/19866/stat"
The pid above is a pid of Nginx's master process - I would expect the following fields to be changing: ...
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Server freezes and suddenly load going very high
I'm on CentOS 5.7 and I get server freezes quite a lot and the logs show the following output:
Dec 26 18:33:51 server kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this ...
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In CentOS 6.x, how can I upgrade to Kernel 3.4?
I have a server with CentOS 6.2 with kernel version 2.6.32, but I need to increase my application Performance.
The Kernel Version 3.4 has x32abi which can improve the performance so i want to upgrade ...
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An oom killer that I cannot explain
I am not able to understand why would kernel issue this oom killer when I see enough memory is available:
I say enough memory is available after looking at
Normal
DMA
Normal free lines
This is an ...
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which `install.sh` does `make install` use?
I am trying to learn what make install does in the context of building a custom kernel.
(reference: ...
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Compiling linux kernel - `make install` asks for LILO. Now what?
So I am following this guide to compile my custom kernel - http://library.linode.com/linode-platform/custom-instances/pv-grub-custom-compiled-kernel#sph_compile-and-install-the-kernel
So far so good, ...
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How to use Linux 3.3 BQL (Byte Queue Limits)? [closed]
How do I take advantage of the BQL (Byte Queue Limits) in Linux 3.3?
Do I just install the kernel?
Does it help with UDP traffic?
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Linux Kernel Versioning: Debian Sid vs Ubuntu Precise
I have setup two machines:
On one machine I have installed Ubuntu Precise 12.04 beta and dist-upgraded to the latest packages.
On the other machine I have installed Debian Sid Unstable and ...
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Kernel updates without rebooting
Similar to some of the topics touched on in this question, Rebooting servers for kernel updates, I was curious if there was a way in which one could apply kernel updates to the system without ...
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Log - Server kernel: INFO: task httpd:000000 blocked for more than 120 seconds
Almost everyday my server is crashing due to hight server load, and even restarting apache or mysql can't solve the problem. I need to reboot the server to solve, or it crash again due to the high ...
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PostgreSQL won't start because it “Cannot allocate memory”
I'm running PostgreSQL 8.4.5 on Ubuntu 10.04. I run an EC2 instance with a few sites running on nginx. Most of these sites run on Django and connect to this Postgres instance.
For some reason, at ...
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Is upgrading your kernel analogous to patching in Windows?
Coming from mostly a Windows background, it seems to me that updating your kernel in Linux is essentially the same idea as patching the OS in Windows.
Is this the case? What are the commonalities and ...
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Changing MAC address on the Fly on old kernel 2.6.x
I'm doing some research on old kernels and running the following on 2.6.7 or 2.6.8 gives a resource busy error. But on 2.6.28 the command works as expected. How would I determine which kernel allowed ...
