Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> There is a 5.4.x version > in buster/Beowulf backports, which is the latest LTS release. That > should be new enough, and easier than recompiling from source. > > Greg Yes that’s what I’m currently running. However the kernel version listed in the original email suggested that the person was

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 07:35:16PM +1000, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > There’s also a slightly newer version 4.19 available from backports > repository. While not as new as the most recent stable kernel, it might be > quicker and easier to test out than compiling as it’s available through

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread 'smee via Dng
On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 16:15 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm on > 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07) x86_64 > GNU/Linux > from the beowulf repository; but then I'm running beowulf for quite > a > while now. > I can't say I understand the version numbers -- both 4.9.0-6

Re: [DNG] Mixing different init benefits: was: without-systemd.org not working

2020-05-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 08:29:05PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 2020 17:51:20 +0200 > Didier Kryn wrote: > > > Le 26/05/2020 à 10:26, Steve Litt a écrit : > > > On Mon, 25 May 2020 10:08:17 -0700 > > > Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > > > > >> On 2020-05-21 14:09, Steve Litt wrote: > >

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 07:49:04AM -0600, 'smee via Dng wrote: > Since you mention 4.19... > > I've got: kernel version: 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) kernel release: > 4.19.0-8-amd64cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7- > 3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz > I mentioned previously that when I

Re: [DNG] LILO Framebuffer and X screen resolution

2020-05-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:37:01AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2020-05-23 14:36, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > > > I have been using Debian for the last 20+ years. I don't like systemd > > and that has kept me on Stretch, where I can still use SysV as init. I > > have tried several times to

Re: [DNG] LILO Framebuffer and X screen resolution

2020-05-28 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-05-23 14:36, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I have been using Debian for the last 20+ years. I don't like systemd > and that has kept me on Stretch, where I can still use SysV as init. I > have tried several times to upgrade to Buster without SysV, but have > had no luck. So here I am at

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread 'smee via Dng
Since you mention 4.19... I've got: kernel version: 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) kernel release: 4.19.0-8-amd64cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7- 3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz I mentioned previously that when I run a cpu-heavy application (cpu cryptominer) for a number of hours (14

[DNG] Shepherd [was Re: Mixing different init benefits: was: without-systemd.org not working]

2020-05-28 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 28/05/2020 à 02:29, Steve Litt a écrit : > My experimentations with Guile > ( http://troubleshooters.com/codecorn/scheme_guile/index.htm ) produced > no results indicating any kind of intermittent or unexpected behavior > in Guile. > > Guile is pure functional programming: With a few eceptions

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> You're very likely required to upgrade to a much newer Kernel version. I > suggest you to use the most recent stable kernel version and build it from > source ( Not that hard, ask me for help if needed) For me the upgrade > fixed the issue. > > cheers, > Andreas There’s also a slightly newer

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread Andreas Messer
Hi Ricardo, On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 09:24:59AM +0200, Riccardo Mottola via Dng wrote: > I just tried adding "contrib" to my repositories and I see intel microcode > is available, I hope it helps. > > Do you know how this "update" works? will it be applied also when running > older kernels?

Re: [DNG] Beowulf Kernel Panic on Qemu - 202005214

2020-05-28 Thread Dimitris via Dng
On 5/21/20 1:10 PM, c...@free.fr wrote: > the actual boot starts... and ends with : maybe there are some other helpful messages in between.. anything like "VFS: x" ? another thing to check, is iso's sha256sum correct? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-28 Thread Riccardo Mottola via Dng
Hi all let me resurrect this thread. I am now working on this computer regular, lockdown has lessened here in Italy and I hope all you Devuaners are in good help. Unfortunately stability did not improve much On 3/18/20 4:28 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: (1) Do we even know it's a kernel