gam_server at 100%

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:23:28 -0500, David Niemi <drn_temp2 at rogers.com> wrote:
> Today I just noticed the CPU usage change drastically as given by
> GKrellM system monitor.  After closing down my distributed computing
> application I noticed 1 logical CPU still @ 100% and looking at top gave
> gam_server running 100%.  Checking the logs I notice gam_server has had
> segment faults with the following given:
> 
> Feb  6 09:57:21 Jenny kernel: gam_server[5512]: segfault at
> 0000000000000026 rip 0000000000403997 rsp 0000007fbfffd398 error 4
> 
> I am running FC3 i386_64 on a dual Xeon 3.2 GHz 800MHz FSB with the 64
> bit extensions on an ASUS NCCH-DL mb with 2-1 Gb sticks of Corsair Ram.
> I am using kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp kernel.  The 760 kernel won't
> boot, the system just goes into continuous reboots.  Gamin version
> 0.0.17-1 with the i386, x86_64 and devel rpms installed.
> 
> I noticed that there was a bug report on this also but no solution
> listed.  I haven't read the LONG list of messages in it's entirety yet
> but will endeavour to do so.
> 
> A reboot solves the server running at 100%, but this is no solution.
> Does anyone know of anything that I can try to fix this problem

if it does occur very frequently you can try removing the gamin
package itself as a temporary workaround. you will lose automatic
screen refresh which can be done manually by pressing control+r

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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram