Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-07-12 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Riccardo, On 06/01/2020 07:55 PM, Riccardo Mottola via Dng wrote: yes, I am currently on ascii on all my machines. I could try to test beowulf too, although I need to be sure to have gcc 6.5 Beowulf has gcc-7 and gcc-8 instead, but also gcc (build-essential) which is the compiler used by

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-06-01 Thread Riccardo Mottola via Dng
Hi! On 5/28/20 11:35 AM, wirelessd...@gmail.com 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 apt.

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-05-29 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-05-28 16:15, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I can't say I understand the version numbers -- both 4.9.0-6 and > 4.9.88? *-4.9.0-6 is the deb package _name_, 4.9.88 is the version (based on kernel.org source version). Confusing, yes, but nothing new, except possibly uname being able to report the

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] 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] 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

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] 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

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-03-28 Thread Riccardo Mottola via Dng
Hi, right now I don't have access to the computer - due to quarantine restrictions I cannot move from my house. Hendrik Boom wrote: > (1) Do we even know it's a kernel problem? I think yes. I am using ascii. The laptop has always been rock-stable. I upgrade the kernel, I get two freezes in a

Re: [DNG] kernel instabilities

2020-03-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
Is there any way we could gather useful information about these crashes. I'm not any kind of kernel expert, but I'd like to contribute useful information, if possible, when such a crash happens. (1) Do we even know it's a kernel problem? (2) They don't seem to be specific to a particular