Every time this happens we see the following message in the system log:
Dec 6 21:29:00 stranger kernel: ldt allocation failed
The machines are:
Hardware:
- IBM Intellistation M Pro
- dual 2 GHz P4's
- 2 GB RAM
- NVIDIA Quadro DCC card
Software:
- Red Hat 7.1
- kernel 2.4.3smp or 2.4.9smp
- XFree 4.1
- Ximian Gnome 1.4
- NVIDIA drivers 1.0-1541
Once this problem occurs, even if the hang is temporary, the machine
is extremely flakey. Almost any app will start causing ldt allocation
failure messages in the system log. Only a reboot really helps.
Questions:
- Does this ring a bell to anybody? What is ldt anyway and what would
cause an allocation to fail?
- I still keep one of these messages in this state. Is there anything
I can probe to get useful debugging info?
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
KV
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