On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, I wrote:
>
> > I have RH8.0 (with all updates) installed on an Athlon/Asus A7V. I find
> > after some time that I am unable to run the ps command. Running ps
> > freezes the console or terminal it's run on. Once this has happened, if I
> > attempt to shut the machine down, it hangs after stopping the RHN daemon
> > and has to be reset.
>
> One thing I can do that reliably causes a problem is 'makewhatis'. If I
> run makewhatis on this machine, it hangs. After that, attempts to run
> 'ps' or 'ls /proc/<pid>' on the pid associated with the makewhatis hang as
> described.
>
> I've also started to see occasional hangups on boot. These may happen at
> various points in the process. Still no clue what might be causing it.
> Changing BIOS setting from 'optimal' to 'normal' has no effect.
>
> Any clues on what else to look for would be mightily appreciated.
Flakey memory after all.
I opened the case and reseated the DIMMs, and so far, the system is
behaving. The wierd thing is, memtest86 didn't inidicate a problem, even
with 25 passes. Just goes to show, memtest86 isn't the final word on
memory quality, I guess.
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