[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Hi! > I have installed potato recently (with the 2.2.8 install disks) > on my Athlon system (someone might remember the problems I had compiling > a new kernel for it; well that hasn't _yet_ happpened). This system has > 2.2.14, and I am experiencing a rather lot of crashes. Most of the time, > these are just pointer de-references (NULL pointers instead of > meaningful stuff), and ensuing kernel panics. One that happened today: > > Mar 27 11:10:50 faust kernel: Call Trace: [sys_select+270/1264] > [system_call+52/56] > Mar 27 11:10:50 faust kernel: Code: 8b 01 89 03 85 c0 74 27 8b 53 04 85 d2 75 > 0e 89 19 89 c8 2b > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer > dereference at virtual address 00000000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 0268f000, %cr3 = 0268f000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: *pde = 00000000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Oops: 0000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: CPU: 0 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmalloc+75/336] > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: EFLAGS: 00010006 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: eax: c029bec4 ebx: c3fe9fe0 ecx: 00000000 > edx: 00000013 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: esi: c3fef080 edi: 00000003 ebp: 00000282 > esp: c26bbd10 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Process bash (pid: 259, process nr: 18, > stackpage=c26bb000) > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Stack: 00000003 c02ed520 c0134024 00000013 > 00000015 c029d7f0 c26bbe68 c26ba000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: fffffff8 c011e9b5 c0244234 00000080 > 00000001 00000000 00000000 ffffffff > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: 00000000 00000000 c24f13e0 00000003 > c02ed500 fffffff4 0029d804 00000000 > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Call Trace: [load_elf_binary+568/2576] > [do_generic_file_read+1353/1364] [cprt+1300/23589] [file_read_actor+0/84] > [read_exec+180/336] [read_exec+322/336] [search_binary_handler+60/260] > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: [do_execve+384/488] [do_execve+417/488] > [sys_execve+44/100] [system_call+52/56] > Mar 27 11:10:55 faust kernel: Code: 8b 01 89 03 85 c0 74 27 8b 53 04 85 d2 75 > 0e 89 19 89 c8 2b > Mar 27 11:12:57 faust syslogd 1.3-3#33: restart. > > I can't compile any kernel that doesn't suffer of similar > problems earlier on (this happened when launching lynx, so the system > boots up nicely). In general, I get this problems with all sorts of > software. > > I don't know what's wrong here (could it be faulty memory?). I > have tried re-compiling a kernel with the minimum amount of stuff I can > get away with, but that doesn't seem to help at all. I must be > forgetting something (and I'm using gcc not egcs, even though the > problems are independent of whatever compiler I use). The sytesm is an > AMD K7 %00 MHz, in an MSI-6167 motherboard with an IDE hdd, 64 megs of > RAM and all that. > > I have downloaded and installed memtest86, but after a weekend > of testing, it was still doing test #2. I don't know how to use this > thing really :-/ > > Does anyone have any clues to what might be going wrong? > BTW, I am going to be unsubscribing to the list for a while, as > I'm not going to be around. Could you please CC replies to me as well, > please? > > Thanks for your help, > Jos_ > -- > Jos_ L G_mez Dans PhD student > Radar & Communications Group
> Department of Electronic Engineering > University of Sheffield UK > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Hi, I think you have a hardware related problem, because: memtest 86 should give you 1 memory pass per hour at least on my system Athlon 600 with 256MB RAM on an EPOX Board with VIA KX133-Chipset. What says memtest86 (zero pass)? is the windmill still rotating? Do you have a proper power supply? Athlon-Systems need good Memory and a good Power-supply On my system however there is a 235W Powersupply with 22A on the 5V line and i have PC100 SDRAM (generic and low-cost). No problems till now (The System is about one week old). Oh and by the way , what Revision is your Athlon (0.18u or 0.25u process)? You can identifie this with last letter on the Product ID. A stands for 0.18 and C for 0.25. The C Version wants more power. Look at this Good luck R.Stallknecht