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SubjectRe: kernel 2.2.2 is dazed and confused
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> In the last days I  found a "funny" message block in /var/log/messages : 
>
> Feb 16 00:15:24 DeepThought kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown
> reason 3c.
> Feb 16 00:15:24 DeepThought kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to
> continue
> Feb 16 00:15:24 DeepThought kernel: Do you have a strange power saving
> mode enabled?
>
> What does this exactly mean ??

Some machine send you an NMI as part of their APM power management, the
normal cause for this though is a parity error on the bus/memory/pci/..

So its a check your cpu fan, cache,... type thing

Alan


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