Re: PROBLEM: System crashed (kernel bug report)

[Andrew Morton]

Uwe Langenkamp wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> after running 8 weeks without problems, our server had a system crash, I
> found the following bug message in /var/log/messages:
> 
> An additional information: Since 19th of October, the system is shut down by
> a SmartUPS over night (to save energy, from 11pm to 7am).
> 
> Nov 12 16:16:30 serv1 kernel: Assertion failure in
> journal_commit_transaction() at commit.c:535: "buffer_jdirty(bh)"
> ...
> Linux version 2.4.18-3smp ([e-mail]) (gcc version

Red Hat fixed this in 2.4.18-4.  See http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-085.html

Suggest you grab their latest kernel.