this is oops-dependent - but i tihnk this is generaly a software bug.
some oopses cause the machine to freeze and you need to reboot. some other times, they just cause a user-space process to terminate - and you can continue working normally. in general, i think the old myths are not true today. it _could_ be that an oops is generated by a hardware problem - but this is not the common case any more. --guy Eli Billauer wrote: > Thanks, but it looks like I wasn't clear about it: My issue is not to > solve the specific problem. The question is that if I should bother, or > just wait. > > > In ancient times, an oops meant I had no choice. The computer was dead. > But judging by how the interface communicates with me (something like > "file a report, we'll handle this") I wonder if an oops has joined the > family of just another software crash. > > > Eli > > > Shachar Raindel wrote: > >> Try a quick google search for the warning: >> http://www.google.co.il/search?q=+WARNING%3A+at+arch%2Fx86%2Fkernel%2Fhpet.c%3A390&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a >> >> It might be problem with hpet and freq-scaling not playing nicely with >> each other. >> >> --Shachar >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux