Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-16 Thread Ian Pilcher
Running kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.i686 for a couple of days now with no problem. knock on='wood'/ -- Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com Sometimes there's nothing left to do but crash

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-15 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com wrote: I updated my home server with the 6.4 CR packages, and I've experienced 3 or 4 hard lockups since. The server is a fanless VIA C7 CentaurHauls system with a 1GHz CPU underclocked to 800MHz and 1GB of RAM. It has a

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: I have 2 of these motherboards (ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0) that I am using in CentOS development and testing. I am not seeing this issue .. I have M5A99X EVO R2.0 BIOS 1503 dated 2013/01/31 update. Do you have the latest

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread m . roth
Kwan Lowe wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: snip As far as logging goes, any idea what sort of failures could cause such a lockup? I.e., if memory was failing, would the system still be able to log? As the mouse is frozen and kernel sysrq has no

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/08/2013 10:43 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Kwan Lowe wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: snip As far as logging goes, any idea what sort of failures could cause such a lockup? I.e., if memory was failing, would the system still be able to log?

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread m . roth
Gerry Reno wrote: On 03/08/2013 10:43 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Kwan Lowe wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: snip As far as logging goes, any idea what sort of failures could cause such a lockup? I.e., if memory was failing, would the system

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Nearly every time we've had lockup problems it has come down to bad or failing memory. I've even had memory cause problems where it would pass a quick memtest but ultimately would fail if you left it running the tests

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:25 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Right, but I've always *seen* error messages, dmesg, and, if mcelogd is actually working (I can't figure out why it seems to on some machines, and not on others, or why it doesn't keep running), it's in there. The times we've had

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread m . roth
Kwan Lowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:25 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Right, but I've always *seen* error messages, dmesg, and, if mcelogd is actually working (I can't figure out why it seems to on some machines, and not on others, or why it doesn't keep running), it's in there. The

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:34 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Ok, so there was nothing in /var/log/dmesg? Have you tried running mcelogd? Nothing in dmesg, but I have not run mcelogd. I will try that tonight. Thanks! ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/08/2013 11:46 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:34 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Ok, so there was nothing in /var/log/dmesg? Have you tried running mcelogd? Nothing in dmesg, but I have not run mcelogd. I will try that tonight. Thanks!

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kwan Lowe kwan.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Nearly every time we've had lockup problems it has come down to bad or failing memory. I've even had memory cause problems where it would pass a

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread m . roth
SilverTip257 wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kwan Lowe kwan.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Nearly every time we've had lockup problems it has come down to bad or failing memory. I've even had memory cause problems

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: If it's not memory related (test this memory in another system) then it is probably a motherboard failure. I've seen weird symptoms where the system will boot fine, but once the Linux kernel begins to build its cache

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread David Ross
On Mar.08.2013 11:27 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Nearly every time we've had lockup problems it has come down to bad or failing memory. I've even had memory cause problems where it would pass a quick memtest but ultimately would

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread m . roth
Kwan Lowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: If it's not memory related (test this memory in another system) then it is probably a motherboard failure. I've seen weird symptoms where the system will boot fine, but once the Linux kernel begins

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Kwan Lowe kwan.l...@gmail.com wrote: If it's not memory related (test this memory in another system) then it is probably a motherboard failure. I've seen weird symptoms where the system will boot fine, but once the Linux kernel begins to build its cache it

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Markus Falb
On 08.Mär.2013, at 19:28, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: If it's not memory related (test this memory in another system) then it is probably a motherboard failure. I've seen weird symptoms where the system will boot fine, but

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/08/2013 09:38 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: I have 2 of these motherboards (ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0) that I am using in CentOS development and testing. I am not seeing this issue .. I have M5A99X EVO R2.0 BIOS 1503 dated

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Kwan Lowe wrote: Yes, latest BIOS installed. I have 2 of these also with similar configurations except for the NIC. One works perfectly the other has constant freezes. The working one has a slightly older BIOS so I'm thinking of downgrading the giltchy one. Just a wild

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: I will try your suggestion of trying a separate set of banks in the off chance that those slots are faulty. I had one a few years ago where it took about 3 days for memtest to catch the bad RAM but even after fixing

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Steve Thompson s...@vgersoft.com wrote: Just a wild idea: is the NIC in the system that freezes a Broadcom and in the other system something else? If so, disable_msi=1 may help. NICs are now both ThinkPenguin cards with an Atheros chipset.. At this point, the

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-07 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com wrote: I updated my home server with the 6.4 CR packages, and I've experienced 3 or 4 hard lockups since. The server is a fanless VIA C7 CentaurHauls system with a 1GHz CPU underclocked to 800MHz and 1GB of RAM. It has a

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-07 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/07/2013 12:52 PM, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com wrote: I updated my home server with the 6.4 CR packages, and I've experienced 3 or 4 hard lockups since. The server is a fanless VIA C7 CentaurHauls system with a 1GHz CPU underclocked

Re: [CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-04 Thread SilverTip257
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com wrote: I updated my home server with the 6.4 CR packages, and I've experienced 3 or 4 hard lockups since. The server is a fanless VIA C7 CentaurHauls system with a 1GHz CPU underclocked to 800MHz and 1GB of RAM. It has a

[CentOS] Lockups with kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686

2013-03-03 Thread Ian Pilcher
I updated my home server with the 6.4 CR packages, and I've experienced 3 or 4 hard lockups since. The server is a fanless VIA C7 CentaurHauls system with a 1GHz CPU underclocked to 800MHz and 1GB of RAM. It has a dual-port Intel 82546GB NIC in its single PCI slot. (It also has an on-board