Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!pride386!terry From: terry@pride386.UUCP (Terry Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Panic error, system lockup Summary: idleout Keywords: panic Message-ID: <257@pride386.UUCP> Date: 27 Mar 90 08:14:07 GMT References: <1965@crash.cts.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Pride Plastics Inc., Buena Park, CA Lines: 32 In article <1965@crash.cts.com>, rick@crash.cts.com (Rick Stout) writes: > > I've received the following error several times on my > system in the last few weeks. The system locks up completely > and has to be reset. There doesnt seem to be anything > common about the three times that it has happened. > > Has anyone else seen this or can decipher it? Yes! is appears that idleout will try to kill a process that isn't running! if your running Multiview disable idleout check to see if your getting several process that a ps -ef tells you are I had these same register dumps and messages one day a user couldn't start Multiview after coming back from lunch, I had her log off completely and did a ps -ef she had an orphaned process with a exit status did a kill, no effect did a kill -9 *******BANG*********** panic:double panic:panic: double panic: screen clears then Kernel error : unrecoverable page ........(same as yours) terry -- ************************************************************************** * UUNET ...!pride386!terry * FAX (714) 739 - 2203 * * Pern is a dragons best freind * **************************************************************************