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What does it mean, if i see a kernel message from syslogd?

Asked by a-r-k-i-b-o-t-t

From time to time, and only if i got a terminal open, i get a Warning like:

Message from syslogd@linux
Bad page state in process 'kpdf'
Message from syslogd@linux at Wed Jul 18 14:34:29 2007 ...
linux
Message from syslogd@linux at Wed Jul 18 14:34:29 2007 ...
linux kernel: [77664.740000] Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed

What does that mean, and what can cause this? Usually i don't even see that there was a problem.

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#1

Hello,

syslogd means the Linux system logging utilities (further information->gnome-terminal->man syslogd)

Error:
Bad page state in process 'kpdf'

I hope i remember correct so please if any other read this thread and i am wrong correct me.

Linux creates a virtual memory system with paging on demand. The memory will divided into "pages (normally 4096 Byte / page). If now a application try to contact the memory - the virtual memory will translated into a physical memory and if this physical memory not present you get an page error and the controlling will handed over to the kernel. And the kernel will try to fix the problem.

My technical english is bad so that this short description will be misunderstood, but i hope it helps for the first time and give you some hint for google.
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Mathias

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#2

Hello,
a sorry the application which caused the error is kpdf.
br
Mathias

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