On 20120722_132033, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:58:52 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I'm running a computer box that is recently purchased second hand - new > > to me, but not new. While running a script that does a disk to disk > > copy with some reformatting on a file of a few GB, I got this burst of > > lines on all open gnome-terminal windows: > > > > #### start of cut and paste: > > Message from syslogd@gq at Jul 21 04:40:03 ... > > kernel:[233576.618678] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP > > (...) > > > Message from syslogd@gq at Jul 21 04:40:03 ... > > kernel:[233576.618994] EIP: [<f7de2458>] > > jbd2_journal_grab_journal_head+0xf/0x36 [jbd2] SS:ESP 0068:f6e83d38 > > (...) > > You got a kernel oops, and Google suggests as a possible source of the > error a bad memory RAM stick (long mode). Being a second hand computer > you better run a memtest and run a pile of system stress tests to check > the computer components health (mainly micro, memory and hard disks). > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón
I'm trying to learn. When I try to repeat your Googling the only hits that I get are links to *my*own* query on this list. (Not much help, Google. Yes I know the question.) Give me some more information on what query string gave you the RAM stick (long mode) answer. You've given me a fish. Thankyou. But I'd like to learn how to fish. Memory test and other component tests: Do you have any suggestions as to what I might download. I have already downloaded Knoppix v7.0.1, per Chris' suggestion, but have not yet found out what to do with it. Does it have memory, component test software on it? Actually, I've already learned something really significant to me: Back when I hit Enter to send my original post, I didn't know for sure that these lines were actually significant. An alternative explanation that I had in mind was that the kernel issued messages like these frequently but Gnome, or some other high level thing, trapped them and sent them to /dev/null. It is really nice to know that two significant people here take the content of these messages seriously. I bought the computer from a computer recycling business. They know about Windows, but not so much about Linux. I'd like to take some information to them about the nature of the problem, AND I'd like to be prepared to test whatever 'fix' we (the business, and I) agree to try. I saw this computer run Windows XP, before I took out the XP-holding disk and put in my own HD as the first step in installing Linux Thanks. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120722221807.ge2...@big.lan.gnu