Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:01:57 -0700 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Locking Up |
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Ted Deppner wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:46:14AM -0600, Travis Shirk wrote: > > Ever since I upgraded to the 2.4.x (currently running 2.4.8) > > kernels, my machine has been locking up every other day > > or so. Does anyone have any hints/tips for figuring out > > what is going on. > > As another data point, I've had similar problems with one machine (the > heaviest utilized), but none others. I'm running about 20 2.4.x machines, > in various uses (I work for an ISP). > > Kernels 2.4.6 through 2.4.7, and even a 2.4.7-ac8 I tried for good > measure. > > The one running on a Dell PowerEdge 2450, dual P3-750s, 512mb ram, Mylex > ExcelRaid 2000, Intel EEPRO100, running a qmail setup transiting 20 to 40k > messages per day regularly locks up every 3 to 8 days. No dmesg, no error > logs, no oops, nothing on the console.
If the latest kernel still blows up, try using Intel's e100 driver.. The eepro100 driver has been flaky from time to time on certain chipsets...
Ben
> ifconfig eth0 has shown millions of various errors (carrier, collisions), > and hundreds of thousands of them between typing the command in twice. > The Cisco 6000 series switch on the other side of the cable shows no such > errors. > > -- > Ted Deppner > http://www.psyber.com/~ted/ > - > 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/
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