Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:00:32 +1000 | From | "Pods" <> | Subject | Re: lotsa oops - 2.6.5 (preempt + unable handle virutal address + more?) |
| |
i'll get to your suggestions soon, infact the RAM was my next plan of attack. But meanwhile, why dont you have a look at some new oops output from a new kernel with lots of debug info turned on.
http://users.quickfox.org/~pods/linux-issues/kernel-debug-oops.txt
--------- Original Message -------- From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> To: Pods <pods@dodo.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: lotsa oops - 2.6.5 (preempt + unable handle virutal address + more?) Date: 06/06/04 05:28
> > On Saturday 05 June 2004 18:27, Pods wrote: > > >> Run memtest86 > > Tried once before, didnt boot... died :( memtest page says this happens on > > some hardware and they're not sure why. > > Ho hum. Looks like good starting point to debug. > Remove RAM until you have <= 2 GB, then run memtest86 > (or modified versions of it with debug prints) > until you know where it dies. > > > >> Underclock your system > > its not over clocked :/ > > I mean, underclock below normal conditions. > > > >> lower IDE DMA mode and see whether it stops oopsing. > > > > tried setting dma = off in hdparm, didnt work, still got crashes compiling > > firebird.. infact, it didnt even get passed the ./configure stage :( > > Use hdparm to set, say, udma0. > > > Each time (just about, didnt do it once out of 6ish times) i set the dma to > > off (either at boot or runtime) i got a "spurious 8259A interript: IRQ 7".. > > apparantly, iirc that debug message has been taken out of 2.6.6 > > I have 'em too. Not a real issue on lots of systems. > > > Please guys, CC me your responces, otherwise i have to look at some > > archives, and reply via webmail... it took 2 firefox crashes (one of which > > brought down X) to just right this message... now im going to take a chance > > and hit the submit > > button > -- > vda > > > > > > > > > > >
________________________________________________
Message sent using Dodo Internet Webmail Server
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |