PROBLEM: Tried to swap a non-swapper page

Mauro Mazzieri (mazzieri@libero.it)
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 17:36:50 +0100

[1.] One line summary of the problem:
Tried to swap a non-swapper page.
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
During normal use, this message appeared:

swap_cache: replacing page-cached entry on page c02d9000
Kernel panic: Tried to swap a non swapper page

Than the system was froze, but I could sync and umount read-only my
filesistems with Alt-Sys_Req.

[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
swap cache kernel panic
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
Linux version 2.2.13 (root@mazzieri) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 Debian
GNU/Linux
(egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 dom dic 12 21:39:48 CET 1999

[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
Linux mazzieri 2.2.13 #1 dom dic 12 21:39:48 CET 1999 i586 unknown
Kernel modules 2.3.7
Gnu C egcs-2.91.66
Binutils 2.9.1.0.19
Linux C Library 2.1.2
Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.9.11
Procps 2.0.2
Mount 2.9t
Net-tools 2.01
Console-tools 0.2.0
Sh-utils 1.16
Modules Loaded serial v_midi opl3 mpu401 sb uart401 sound soundcore
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 5
model : 2
model name : Pentium 75 - 200
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 133.638068
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : yes
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 53.25
[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
serial 18676 1 (autoclean)
v_midi 5116 0
opl3 11432 0
mpu401 18768 0
sb 33748 0
uart401 6192 0 [sb]
sound 57388 0 [v_midi opl3 mpu401 sb uart401]
soundcore 2596 8 [sb sound]
[7.4.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 23.D
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: ffffffff
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: OTI Model: CD-ROM F910 Rev: v320
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
[7.5.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
2 mauro@mazzieri:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/hda11 partition 96352 17728 -1

[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:

--
Mauro Mazzieri


The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets
successfully through many a bad night.
		-- Nietzsche


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