kernel error!

Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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Hi,

Nov 13 12:47:53 FIREWALL003 kernel: warning: many lost ticks.
Nov 13 12:47:53 FIREWALL003 kernel: Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts
Nov 13 12:47:53 FIREWALL003 kernel: rip __do_softirq+0x4d/0xd0

I was able to login at 1pm but I can't do anything. My ps -ef hang and w.

Anyone who knows this error.

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network problems? or to strict firewall rules?

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can you elaborate?

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I suppose FIREWALL003 is your hostname. Is your mother board battery OK?

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'Many lost ticks' has nothing to do with the motherboard battery, since the clock in question is not a real-time clock but a high-resolution CPU clock. My guess is the error is exactly what it says it is -- some kernel driver went awry and was hogging interrupts, and eventually caused a kernel panic. Did you upgrade or reconfigure your kernel recently?

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i called support they told me there's nothing to worry about, this is about NTP. And as long your date and time are correct then it's fine. also if you have ftp connection that times out...