[scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?
Hi I've been having random lockups on my machine - no response to keyboard or mouse. This has happen both mid X session and when trying to log on a tty. I assume this is a hardware problem? All my hardware is pretty suspect as I found it in bins. I think I've ruled out memory (memtest) and power supply (multimeter). ide-smart on both my hard drives gives "passed" on all lines. I'm not sure what to make of my smartctl -i output (listings below). So I'm not completely satisfied I've ruled out a hard drive/ide problem. So where do I go from here? I need to check my logs, but where and what? I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.2.20. Do I need a new mobo? Thanks for your patience and proleptic gratitude for any assistance. I'd better go and back up my dog faced hermans mp3s before this thing blows up. cheers Harry. Anyway, here is alot of output from commands I hope may be relevant: /// *dmesg Linux version 2.2.20 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Sat Apr 20 11:45:28 EST 2002 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 @ (usable) BIOS-e820: 0400 @ 0009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 0fef @ 0010 (usable) Detected 801832 kHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 1599.07 BogoMIPS Memory: 256800k/262080k available (1756k kernel code, 412k reserved, 2960k data, 152k init) Dentry hash table entries: 32768 (order 6, 256k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k) Page cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K L1 D Cache: 64K CPU: L2 Cache: 64K CPU: AMD Duron(tm) processor stepping 01 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Checking for popad bug... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb230 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 262144 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. Serial driver version 4.27 with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: ST32122A, ATA DISK drive hdc: HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-2500, ATAPI CDROM drive hdd: ST313640A, ATA DISK drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: ST32122A, 2014MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=1023/64/63 hdd: ST313640A, 12969MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=26351/16/63 hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: Version 3.2 IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus present --> Aborting. This machine does not have any IBM MCA-bus or the MCA-Kernel-support is not enabled! megaraid: v1.11 (Aug 23, 2000) aec671x_detect: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.008. 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hdd: [PTBL] [1653/255/63] hdd1 hdd2 apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.13) VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 152k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Adding Swap: 207640k swap-space (priority -1) Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 203M agpgart: Detected Via Apollo KT133 chipset agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd000 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2] parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation. parport_probe: failed parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. lp0: using parport0 (polling). Via 686a audio driver 1.1.8-2.2 ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, vendor id1: 0x4943, id2: 0x4511 (Unknown) via82cxxx: board #1 at 0xDC00, IRQ 10 NET4: G4KLX/GW4PTS AX.25 for Linux. Version 0.37 for Linux NET4.0 Z8530 SCC driver version 3.0.dl1bke (experimental) by DL1BKE / patch F6FBB Copyright 1993,2000 Joerg Reuter DL1BKE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3c59x.c 18Feb01 Donald Becker and others http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at
Re: [scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?
Harry F Doherty wrote: > > Hi > > I've been having random lockups on my machine - no response to keyboard > or mouse. This has happen both mid X session and when trying to log on > a tty. > > I assume this is a hardware problem? > All my hardware is pretty suspect as I found it in bins. > I think I've ruled out memory (memtest) and power supply (multimeter). > ide-smart on both my hard drives gives "passed" on all lines. > I'm not sure what to make of my smartctl -i output (listings below). > So I'm not completely satisfied I've ruled out a hard drive/ide > problem. > > So where do I go from here? > I need to check my logs, but where and what? > I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.2.20. I'll put money on that being a possible issue; try a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. You're running 2.2 on testing? Is it a handrolled kernel? -- _ __/| William Anderson | It's called a "changeover." The movie \`O_o' neuro at well dot com | goes on, and nobody in the audience has =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | any idea. U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | -- the Narrator, "Fight Club" ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] [Fwd: Open Source in the public sector]
*** > > All > > Don't know if this was widely received but just got it on my > return from holiday. I suppose you could, under Freedom of information, ask some questions about Open Source usage to the Scottish Executive and see what answers you got. Colin *** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. *** The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus-free ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?
Harry F Doherty wrote: Hi I've been having random lockups on my machine - no response to keyboard or mouse. This has happen both mid X session and when trying to log on a tty. I assume this is a hardware problem? All my hardware is pretty suspect as I found it in bins. I think I've ruled out memory (memtest) and power supply (multimeter). ide-smart on both my hard drives gives "passed" on all lines. I'm not sure what to make of my smartctl -i output (listings below). So I'm not completely satisfied I've ruled out a hard drive/ide problem. So where do I go from here? I need to check my logs, but where and what? I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.2.20. Do I need a new mobo? Thanks for your patience and proleptic gratitude for any assistance. I'd better go and back up my dog faced hermans mp3s before this thing blows up. cheers Harry. My machine started locking up seemingly randomly yestarday evening, I opened her up and checked the CPU heatsink, completely blocked with dust. The GPU heatsink was just as bad and I think it was probably the graphics card which was crashing the system crashed only after X started. Gave them a good clean and problem solved. I wonder how many people have "broken" pcs which are just in need of some tlc. ck ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?
It would be worth checking your cooling - I had similar problems recently due to a faulty cpufan. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/10/2005 13:53:23: > Harry F Doherty wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I've been having random lockups on my machine - no response to keyboard > > or mouse. This has happen both mid X session and when trying to log on > > a tty. > > > > I assume this is a hardware problem? > > All my hardware is pretty suspect as I found it in bins. > > I think I've ruled out memory (memtest) and power supply (multimeter). > > ide-smart on both my hard drives gives "passed" on all lines. > > I'm not sure what to make of my smartctl -i output (listings below). > > So I'm not completely satisfied I've ruled out a hard drive/ide > > problem. > > > > So where do I go from here? > > I need to check my logs, but where and what? > > I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.2.20. > > I'll put money on that being a possible issue; try a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. > You're running 2.2 on testing? Is it a handrolled kernel? > > -- > _ __/| William Anderson | It's called a "changeover." The movie > \`O_o' neuro at well dot com | goes on, and nobody in the audience has > =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | any idea. >U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | -- the Narrator, "Fight Club" > > ___ > Scottish mailing list > Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?
> > I need to check my logs, but where and what? > > I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.2.20. > > I'll put money on that being a possible issue; try a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. > You're running 2.2 on testing? Is it a handrolled kernel? Uh, no I started with stable and then upgraded the packages. I was going to defect to Ubuntu, but wanted to rule out HW problems first. Also thanks to B C and Ben for the dust and fan tips - cheers. thanks H ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] please break my software!
On Sunday 09 October 2005 02:33, William Anderson wrote: > Colin McKinnon wrote: > > > > http://pfp-studio.sourceforge.net/ > > why did you decide to release under the MPL, JOOI? It seemed like a good idea at the time? I was, perhaps rather optimistically, hoping it might be viable as a commercial project. MPL gave me the most flexibility about what I did with it later. If other people are willing to contribute their time but have good reason for using a different licence, I'll listen, C. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
