[ale] Server crashing - Help!!

[Charles Marcus]

Help!!

I have been having som trouble with a server crashing, and was wondering if
someone could tell me where to look for the problem based on this snippet
from the message log...

Everything seems to be running fine, except for these seemingly innocuous
messages which happen every 5 minutes (anybody know what these mean or how I
can get rid of them?)

Nov 29 18:14:42 sfla kdm[15117]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:42 sfla kdm[15119]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:43 sfla kdm[15121]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:43 sfla kdm[15123]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:43 sfla kdm[15125]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:44 sfla kdm[15127]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:44 sfla kdm[15129]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:44 sfla kdm[15131]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:45 sfla kdm[15133]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)
Nov 29 18:14:45 sfla kdm[15135]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid,
another kdm is running (pid 1556)

Then, here's what happens when the server dies:

Nov 29 18:17:06 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:17:06 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:17:06 sfla su(pam_unix)[15378]: session closed for user nobody
Nov 29 18:18:54 sfla kdm[1556]: Unknown session exit code 253 from process
13341
Nov 29 18:18:54 sfla su(pam_unix)[15397]: session opened for user nobody by
(uid=0)
Nov 29 18:18:54 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:18:54 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:18:54 sfla su(pam_unix)[15397]: session closed for user nobody
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kdm[1556]: Unknown session exit code 253 from process
15408
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla su(pam_unix)[15416]: session opened for user nobody by
(uid=0)
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: fh_verify: ltsroot/dev permission failure,
acc=3, error=30
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at
virtual address 0001000c
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel:  printing eip:
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: c0113a82
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: pgd entry dbb4a000: 0000000000000000
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: pmd entry dbb4a000: 0000000000000000
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: ... pmd not present!
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Oops: 0002
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: CPU:    0
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: EIP:    0010:[schedule+194/944]
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c0113a82>]
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: EFLAGS: 00010096
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: eax: 00000008   ebx: dbbe0000   ecx: dbbe0000
edx: 00000009
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: esi: 00000000   edi: 0000000d   ebp: dbbe1fbc
esp: dbbe1f9c
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Process sort (pid: 15424, stackpage=dbbe1000)
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Stack: 40017000 dbbe0000 00000006 dbbe0000
c02ad600 dbbe0000 40016734 bffffd8c
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel:        bfffda48 c01090f5 4015d700 00000000
400e4654 40016734 bffffd8c bfffda48
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel:        0000e325 0000002b 0000002b ffffffff
0804f0e2 00000023 00010286 bfffda2c
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Call Trace: [reschedule+5/12]
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Call Trace: [<c01090f5>]
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel:
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla kernel: Code: 89 50 04 89 02 c7 43 3c 00 00 00 00 8b 55
e4 c7 42 14 00 00
Nov 29 18:18:56 sfla su(pam_unix)[15416]: session closed for user nobody

Anyone??  I'd rather not have to fly down to Miami unless I have to.

Thanks!!

-----------------
Charles Marcus
I.T. Director
Media Brokers International
770-516-9234 x224
770-516-8918 fax



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