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I procured an Intel 64 bit server and i am running Qmail on it, after installing Fedora Core 5 64 bit version. <BR>
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Now i have been getting error after error and this has been the cause of most sleepless nights, portions of my logfiles are below. Can someone please help me out who might have had the same problem or who may know a fix or at least to reduce my levels of downtime.<BR>
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I believe that Fedora Core 5 may still work in a production environment and i hope someone can help reinforce my belief.<BR>
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I came across a forum which said the errors were a result of some version of the 64 bit kernel causing confusion somewhere. I am totally confused and am hoping that this is the correct forum to ask if someone may know anything on how to fix this. I upgraded my kernel as well to a 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5.<BR>
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These are the errors i am getting.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 3 17:05:51 asterix kernel: qmail-remote[17539]: segfault at 00000000ffa34130 rip 00000000004069a2 rsp 00007fffffa340f8 error 4</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 10:23:56 asterix vchangepw: Wrong password for user <ceo@saindia.com> </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 17:55:18 asterix yum: Installed: lynx.x86_64 2.8.5-27.2.1</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:47:59 asterix kernel: ata1: handling error/timeout</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:47:59 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf d0 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:47:59 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:47:59 asterix kernel: sda: Current: sense key: No Sense</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:47:59 asterix kernel: Additional sense: No additional sense information</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:48:59 asterix kernel: ata1: handling error/timeout</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:48:59 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd 4c017 tf 7f ss 0 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:48:59 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:48:59 asterix kernel: sda: Current: sense key: No Sense</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:48:59 asterix kernel: Additional sense: No additional sense information</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:49:59 asterix kernel: ata1: handling error/timeout</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:49:59 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd 4c017 tf 7f ss 0 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:49:59 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 4 22:49:59 asterix kernel: sda: Current: sense key: No Sense</FONT><BR>
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The most recent that i got and this was on Sunday after attending to the server on Saturday morning.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 04:02:08 asterix syslogd 1.4.1: restart.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 04:03:47 asterix init: Trying to re-exec init</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:15 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 40000001 is 1 pis 0 cmd 44017 tf 4051 ss 123 se 0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: sda: Current: sense key: Medium Error</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: Info fld=0x713315d</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 118698333</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000080">Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=14811137, block=14811138</FONT><BR>
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Regards<BR>
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Roger
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