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The Linux kernel is the operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software.

The Linux kernel is the operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software.

The Linux kernel is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) (plus some firmware images with various non-free licenses[citation needed]), and is developed by contributors worldwide. Day-to-day development discussions take place on the Linux kernel mailing list.

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Issues with Xen Kernel and Debian

My Xen installation has gone weird on me and I am trying to get back to normal. I overflowed the base partition and in my haste to delete unused files I think I deleted something important, so now the hypervisor won't boot correctly. I've attempted…
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Why does my server boot the old debian kernel?

I got a vServer with Debian installed (important because I have no idea of how Debian was installed and/or built). Output of ~# uname -r: 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64. After execution of (first some other version 3.2 kernel installations and then) ~# apt-get…
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Centos 6.3 DRBD / OpenVZ kernel/userland issue

When I start my Centos 6.3 server's drbd service I get the following error: Starting DRBD resources: DRBD module version: 8.3.13 userland version: 8.4.2 preferably kernel and userland versions should match. I'm 99% certain this is to do with the…
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Debian Wheezy No longer booting. Freezes after setting kernel variables

My Debian (Wheezy) server has been running smoothly for a very long time with no indications of any problems. I had it running 24/7 so it was always on. The other day my power went out and when I tired to turn it back on, it freezes during it's boot…
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CentOS server high load and server freezes

My server seems to get sudden high loads within second and when I run dmesg, following logs appear: INFO: task auditd:2185 blocked for more than 120 seconds. "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. auditd D…
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XEN kernel shows less memory 32g

I have installed Oracle Enterprise Linux 64bit on the server with 64g of RAM. But the system detects just 32b of memory, here are the details: [root@oracle-node2 ~]# uname -a Linux oracle-node2.ra.gov.ge 2.6.18-194.el5xen #1 SMP Mon Mar 29 22:22:00…
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Xen Paravirtualized Guest - Invalid Kernel

I have set up xen on ubuntu server 12.04 LTS. I have tried installing a guest to an lvm I created called xen-lvm The virt-install script: sudo virt-install \ --name client2-ubuntu-server \ --ram 512 \ --location…
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CentOS 6.3 with kernel-ml(3.7.1-2.el6.elrepo.x86_64) - No Console Output

I installed kernel-ml(3.7.1-2.el6.elrepo.x86_64) from elrepo on CentOS 6.3, and everything is working fine, except that I see nothing on the console and can't interact with it. I can SSH to the machine, maybe it's some kernel parameter that needs to…
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How can I confirm if my CentOS server supports multiple CPUs?

CentOS 5.8 | VMWare I've got a server running a hardened version of CentOS 5.8. I've been using a single CPU on it and am planning to add another (via vmware). When I run uname, I see SMP which leads me to believe that the system is already using…
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How to stop a infinite running process(ztail) started by a ssh session after that session is closed

I have a peculiar problem. My server supports multiple ssh session simultaneously, so that multiple admins can manage it simultaneously. We have a command which calls ztail to show the compressed log files and when the current ssh session is closed…
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what is occupying linux low memory

How can I find what is occupying my low memory on 32 bit Linux OS? cat /proc/meminfo |grep Low LowTotal: 812908 kB LowFree: 43340 kB Regards,
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Installing a custom 'non-rpm' kernel in CentOS 6

I've built a custom kernel using kernel.org, it has no .rpm file. How do I manually: Install the Modules to /lib/modules (make moduleinstall or something?) Make the initial ramdisk Update grub I haven't seen any documentation on how to do this for…
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Is Linux 3 kernel series compatible with CentOS 6?

For proper TPROXY support I was looking for a STABLE Linux kernel of at least version 3.2.30. Do they want us to upgrade to version 3 of the kernel? And is that compatible with CentOS 6?
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How to disable specific CPUs in Linux 2.6.26.2

I have an old machine running Linux kernel 2.6.26.2 which is behaving oddly. I suspect ONE of the CPUs is possibly heating faster than the other. I want to run some tests with specific CPUs/cores disabled and enabled. I googled for directions, and…
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Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init

I am using Linux 2.6.32-33-server #70-Ubuntu 10.04.3 as Data-Nodes and Name-Node in my Hadoop cluster, but one of my data node is down since morning. When i restarted that particular system it showed an error "Kernel panic - not syncing -…
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