Messages in this thread |  | | | From | tom <> | | Subject | Re: 2.2.9+ extreme instability | | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 1999 08:51:28 +0200 |
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Le dim, 01 ao 1999, Andre M. Hedrick a crit : > On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Peter Amstutz wrote: > > > Linux seems to be extremely unstable on my hardware. This seems to be a > > recent problem, I have tried 2.2.9, 2.2.10 and 2.2.11pre2 in an attempt at > > a stable system, but to no avail. My hardware specs: > > > > Tyan Tomcat IIID with SMP Pentium 200's > > NE2000 clone ethernet card > > ISA Sound Blaster 32 > > 2 GB and 4 GB IDE hard disk, floppy, IDE CD-ROM > > Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, Diamond Monster 3D > > I have the identical (minus) Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, Diamond Monster 3D. > You need to be able to backspeed the drives if they are UDMA drives or > cripple the ioapic by using BIOS 4.02 > > > Everything boots up fine, and usually works properly for an hour or two, > > maybe more. Then it seems that almost always the system eventually hard > > locks. No telnet, no ping, no sysreq keys, nothing. Dead to the world. > > So I have to reboot, fsck, etc... It's incredibly frustrating. > > > > However, sometimes it doesn't die all at once. Several times I have run > > into this: a few processes die on segfault (if I'm in X their windows > > dissapear), then usually X dies and I'm dropped to the console. > > Everything seems to be going alright, but within a few moments the system > > dies completly. It seemed like when I try going to another virtual > > console to log in caused system to ultimatly crash, but it could just be > > coincidence. This exactly has happened on two seperate occasions, and the > > system has just straight hardlocked (no wierd process death first) at > > least half the time I've turned it on this week. Other times it has died > > in screensaver (with the screesaver segfaulted...) Fortunatly I'm not > > relying on this system for serious uptime, but it's beginning to really > > get in the way of even normal usage, and Linux isn't supposed to crash, > > right? :) > > > > I've checked my logs and they don't seem to log anything. There is some > > info in the debug log about pin/irq mapping which I can send if that might > > have anything to do with anything... > > > > Anyway, any suggestions would be _greatly_ appreciated. It feels like > > I've used 2.1.x kernels more stable than these 2.2.x kernels... In fact > > I'm probably going to try going back to 2.1.124 or so just to see if it's > > any better, but it would make a little more sense for the stable kernels > > to be stable, right? It's quite frustrating. > > > > Please reply by personal mail if possible, there's too much traffic on > > linux-kernel for anyone but the dedicated kernel hacker to monitor > > easily...
Your problem also seems like an overclocking problem. Had similar problem when I had my old k6 200 running at 233. Hope it will help.
Tom
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