[ale] ext3-fs error (RH 3.4.6-2)

Lightner, Jeff JLightner at water.com
Wed Nov 30 13:46:50 EST 2011 

Right - RHEL6 went into general release nearly a year ago and RHEL5 has been out for about 4 years (it is up to RHEL5.8 I think).

RHEL4 goes EOL in Feb 2012 so if this is a RHEL4 system the OP should be planning on upgrading if he wants to keep RedHat support and continue to get bug and security fix updates.






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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Scott McBrien
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:33 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] ext3-fs error (RH 3.4.6-2)

This looks like a RHEL 4 system, judging from its kernel.  However, release 42 is WAY old.  You should try a later kernel update, though this may break the extra non-GPL modules you appear to be running.

-Scott

On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com<mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
first thought: get off that RHEL3 systems ASAP!
second thought: get ready for a new machine purchase.

generically it looks like a drive problem.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org<mailto:rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>> wrote:
Red Hat gurus....I'm working an issue with a RH 3.4.6-2 (kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp) that has suffered a couple of crashes.  /var/log/messages include:

Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ): ext3_get_group_desc: block_group >= groups_count - block_group = 3734, groups_count = 0
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000003a
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  printing eip:
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: f88d07f1
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: *pde = 36c6c001
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: SMP
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Modules linked in: mercd(U) ctimod(U) parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc dm_mirror dm_mod button battery ac md5 ipv6 joydev uhci_hcd ehci_hcd e1000 sr_mod ext3 jbd ata_piix libata aacraid sd_mod scsi_mod
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: CPU:    0
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EIP:    0060:[<f88d07f1>]    Tainted: PF     VLI
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202   (2.6.9-42.ELsmp)
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: EIP is at ext3_handle_error+0x18/0x8b [ext3]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: eax: c3614f94   ebx: c3614e14   ecx: f7c62e20   edx: 00000002
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: esi: 00000000   edi: c3614e14   ebp: 00000000   esp: f7c62e10
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Process sendmail (pid: 3047, threadinfo=f7c62000 task=f727c270)
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Stack: f7c62e4c c3614e14 f88d089e f88d8b3c f88d7d40 f7c62e4c f88d8b19 c3614f74
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:        f88d7d83 00000e96 05ca0c7a f88c702a c3614e14 f88d7d83 f88d7d40 00000e96
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:        00000000 00000e96 00000e96 05ca0c7a 00001160 c3614e00 f88c830c 00000000
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<f88d089e>] ext3_error+0x3a/0x40 [ext3]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<f88c702a>] ext3_get_group_desc+0x2a/0x85 [ext3]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<f88c830c>] ext3_count_free_blocks+0x28/0x3e [ext3]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<f88d2b51>] ext3_statfs+0x9a/0x116 [ext3]
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c0159149>] vfs_statfs+0x41/0x59
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c015916f>] vfs_statfs_native+0xe/0xd0
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c01678e5>] __user_walk+0x4a/0x51
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c0159298>] sys_statfs+0x3f/0x9f
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c018a4f8>] loadavg_read_proc+0x98/0xa0
Nov 25 15:24:02 localhost kernel:  [<c010b052>] do_gettimeofday+0x1a/0x9c
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel:  [<c012614f>] sys_time+0xf/0x58
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel:  [<c02d4703>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel: Code: d4 20 85 c7 80 4b 18 04 83 c4 10 83 c4 10 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 56 53 89 c3 8b 80 80 01 00 00 0f b7 50 40 8b 70 2c 83 ca 02 66 89 50 40 <0f> b7 46 3a 83 c8 02 66 89 46 3a f6 43 34 01 75 5f 8b 8b 80 01
Nov 25 15:24:03 localhost kernel:  <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.6.9-42.ELsmp (bhcompile at hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com<mailto:bhcompile at hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com>) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-2)) #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006
Nov 25 16:48:17 localhost kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:

Thoughts?

Many thanks while I otherwise research this online....RinL


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