Debian memtest package faulty? (was ... Re: hardware errors)
On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 01:45:53AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2014-06-09 at 01:35 +0200, B wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:22:25 +1200 Richard Hector rich...@walnut.gen.nz wrote: I assume the RAM needs replacing - is it possible to figure out which DIMM(s)? Install memtest86+ and boot on it, then leave at least 3 complete cycles to run. I would use the memtest live media instead, so you're aware that you always get the current version from upstream. On my machine memtest from Debian and Ubuntu fails, while same versions from the live media don't fail. So you are saying the Debian and Ubuntu versions are buggy? Which live media version works for you? Have you filed a bug? Does the memtest86+ package work from the grub menu, for you? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140610090654.GH3560@tal
Re: Debian memtest package faulty? (was ... Re: hardware errors)
On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 21:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: So you are saying the Debian and Ubuntu versions are buggy? Which live media version works for you? Have you filed a bug? Does the memtest86+ package work from the grub menu, for you? I can't say if it would work from the GRUB menu now, but it didn't for older Debain and Ubuntu installs. No, I didn't file a bug report, but reported it at least to one *buntu devel mailing list. Btw. I don't know if memtest from Arch Linux would work, I simply never installed it to my Debians/*buntus and other installs anymore. There's a live media from memtest. I'm to lazy to search for the link. I got false positives. A perfect working machine got RAM errors already when starting the test, but when using the memtest from the memtest live media, there were no errors when running the test several times, each day for around a day. This was repeatable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1402398009.2813.29.camel@archlinux
Re: Debian memtest package faulty? (was ... Re: hardware errors)
On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 13:00 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 21:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: So you are saying the Debian and Ubuntu versions are buggy? Which live media version works for you? Have you filed a bug? Does the memtest86+ package work from the grub menu, for you? I can't say if it would work from the GRUB menu now, but it didn't for older Debain and Ubuntu installs. No, I didn't file a bug report, but reported it at least to one *buntu devel mailing list. Btw. I don't know if memtest from Arch Linux would work, I simply never installed it to my Debians/*buntus and other installs anymore. There's a live media from memtest. I'm to lazy to search for the link. I got false positives. A perfect working machine got RAM errors already when starting the test, but when using the memtest from the memtest live media, there were no errors when running the test several times, each day for around a day. This was repeatable. ^^^ time for around a day -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1402398650.2813.37.camel@archlinux
