Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 04:36:30PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > Bizarre - it panic'd again last Thursday while I was in X, but I > > still didn't manage to log any output. At the weekend, I had the > >

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-31 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > >> Today, I've built 2.6.19.2 without highmem (the box only has 1GB, >> dunno why I'd included that in the original config) and I will >> continue to wait patiently for either a week without problems, or >>

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-31 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: Today, I've built 2.6.19.2 without highmem (the box only has 1GB, dunno why I'd included that in the original config) and I will continue to wait patiently for either a week without problems, or something that

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 04:36:30PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: Bizarre - it panic'd again last Thursday while I was in X, but I still didn't manage to log any output. At the weekend, I had the bright idea

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > Today, I've built 2.6.19.2 without highmem (the box only has 1GB, > dunno why I'd included that in the original config) and I will > continue to wait patiently for either a week without problems, or > something that I can manage to

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: Today, I've built 2.6.19.2 without highmem (the box only has 1GB, dunno why I'd included that in the original config) and I will continue to wait patiently for either a week without problems, or something that I can manage to note

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:26:41PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > I guess that when it does have problems, it is mostly within 30 > minutes of booting - otherwise, it can be up all day. So, for the > moment I'm hopeful that changing the config will help, but it will > be several days before I

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:26:41PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: I guess that when it does have problems, it is mostly within 30 minutes of booting - otherwise, it can be up all day. So, for the moment I'm hopeful that changing the config will help, but it will be several days before I feel at

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-07 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 02:04:59PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:34:59 + Ken Moffat wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > > > > > You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. > > > Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-07 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 02:04:59PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:34:59 + Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not fully seated

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-06 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:34:59 + Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > > > You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. > > Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not fully seated and > > clicked in. > > > > The real mystery is the 32 vs

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-06 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:34:59 + Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not fully seated and clicked in. The real mystery is the 32 vs 64-bit thing.

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. > Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not fully seated and > clicked in. > > The real mystery is the 32 vs 64-bit thing. > Are the devices configured the same way -- ie are

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Len Brown
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 13:04, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > > it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. > > > It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. > > > > A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. > > It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. > > A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs > 64-bit observation... > > See if ACPI exports

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Len Brown
> it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. > It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs 64-bit observation... See if ACPI exports any temperature readings under /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature and

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Len Brown
it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs 64-bit observation... See if ACPI exports any temperature readings under /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature and if

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs 64-bit observation... See if ACPI exports any

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Len Brown
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 13:04, Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: You might remove and re-insert the DIMMS. Sometimes there are poor contacts if the DIMMS are not fully seated and clicked in. The real mystery is the 32 vs 64-bit thing. Are the devices configured the same way -- ie are they both

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 01 January 2007 19:13, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:07:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > > Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you > > > to run a 32bit kernel to

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:07:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > > > Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to > > run a > > 32bit kernel to test 32bit userspace? If your 64bit kernel is

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to run > a > 32bit kernel to test 32bit userspace? If your 64bit kernel is stable, use the > IA32 emulation surely? > My 64-bit is pure64 on this

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 01 January 2007 16:01, Ken Moffat wrote: > Hi, I've been running an athlon64 in 64-bit mode without problems, > up to and incluing 2.6.19.1. A couple of weeks ago I decided to use > it for testing x86 builds, since then it's been nothing but trouble > in 32-bit mode. It still works

x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi, I've been running an athlon64 in 64-bit mode without problems, up to and incluing 2.6.19.1. A couple of weeks ago I decided to use it for testing x86 builds, since then it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. I already had a 32-bit

x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi, I've been running an athlon64 in 64-bit mode without problems, up to and incluing 2.6.19.1. A couple of weeks ago I decided to use it for testing x86 builds, since then it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. I already had a 32-bit

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 01 January 2007 16:01, Ken Moffat wrote: Hi, I've been running an athlon64 in 64-bit mode without problems, up to and incluing 2.6.19.1. A couple of weeks ago I decided to use it for testing x86 builds, since then it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. It still works fine

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to run a 32bit kernel to test 32bit userspace? If your 64bit kernel is stable, use the IA32 emulation surely? My 64-bit is pure64 on this

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:07:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to run a 32bit kernel to test 32bit userspace? If your 64bit kernel is stable, use

Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

2007-01-01 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 01 January 2007 19:13, Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:07:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +, Alistair John Strachan wrote: Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to run a 32bit kernel to test 32bit