On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 10:44:38AM -0500, Wayne Cuddy wrote: > I looks like bash might be barfing on this for some reason. Have you tried to > substitute a different default shell instead? Or maybe a different version of > bash? I would try to Korn shell and see what happens.
I replaced the bash with tcsh for the root account but nothing changed. I don't know how to change the default shell. Unfortunately /bin/sh is just a symlink to /bin/bash and all system accounts use /bin/sh. Maybe I should change the symlink pointing to another shell? Werner I don't think that this help since the messsage quoted below is first issued in runlevel 1 > > Using Debian 2.0r4 and kernel 2.2.3 I am getting problems if I use my > > second 64 MB RAM Dimm module. I tested it with both modules so there isn't > > a faulty one involved. I had the same problems with kernel 2.0.34 (using > > the kernel parameter "mem=128M") and thought an upgrade would help since it > > was announced that the 2.2 kernels should have a better memory support. > > > > If I plug in the second module the following message lines appear at boot > > time: > > > > p -> mh_magig4 == 0x55555555 > > Report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stopping myself ... > > > > There could be several of such messages during the boot stage. The worst > > happens if I shutdown the system. After the line > > > > INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel > > > > the shutdown process hangs and only the power button helps to bring the > > system down. Two times I had to reinstall everything from scratch since > > this > > behaviour led to a corrupt filesystem. > > > > I suspect that the culprit is a part of non supported or insufficient > > supported hardware. I list therefore the hardware I am using. Hopefully > > someone has an idea whats going on, I am puzzled. > > > > BXi(e)98-ATX motherboard > > 2 x 186 Pin DIMM modules 64 MB > > Adaptec 2940UW > > IBM HD UW > > Sony SCSI CD-ROM > > PCI Ethernetcard RTL8130 > > PCI S3 Virge Graphicadapter > > > > AMI BIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY v. 1.20E (1998) > > > > Some BIOS Settings: > > > > All APM options are disbled > > System Bios Cachable Disabled > > Any Shadow RAM is disabled > > No Plug & Play aware O/S > > > > There are some memory options I left untouched since I don't know their > > meaning as > > > > L1/L" Cache Write Back > > Configure SDRAM Timing ENabled > > Dram Integrity mode Non-ECC > > USWC Write Post Enabled > > 8 bit I/O recovery time 1 Sysclk > > 18 " I/O recovery time 1 Sysclk
