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linux-source-2.6.17 package

OOPS when killing apport

Bug #59935 reported by Martijn vdS on 2006-09-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #60183: Oops while dumping core, caused by crash handler. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned
	linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.17

A few days ago I saw a process 'apport' running on my system, eating huge amounts of CPU and generally slowing down my system.

So I killed it.

But then I got this OOPS in ALL my open terminals (attaching)

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Martijn vdS (martijn) wrote on 2006-09-11:

Kernel BUG log Edit (6.3 KiB, text/plain)

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Martijn vdS (martijn) wrote on 2006-09-18:

Same BUG log, for amd64 Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain)

It also happened on my amd64 today. I was trying to kill a crashed firefox/objdump/java-vm (together eating 2GB of non-shared memory). When that didn't work, I killed the apport process, and the kernel went mad.

The relevant line from top:
13784 mstreek 22 5 1804m 1.6g 536 D 0 80.7 0:09.45 objcopy

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-08-11: This bug is now reported against the 'linux' package

The 18 month support period for Edgy Eft 6.10 has reached its end of life. As a result, we are closing the linux-source-2.6.17 Edgy Eft kernel task. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!