hello, i'm tried using the first beta release of bind 9.1.0 on an ultra 5 running 2.4.0-test11 or test12 (modified redhat 6.2 distro -- mostly ipv6-related mods). as soon as i start up named, the machine goes nuts and continuously prints the following oops (from test12): \|/ ____ \|/ "@'/ .. \`@" /_| \__/ |_\ \__U_/ (10): Oops TSTATE: 0000000080f09606 TPC: 0000000000448264 TNPC: 0000000000448268 Y: 01800000 g0: 000000000041a198 g1: ffffffffffffffff g2: 0000000000000000 g3: 3030386666666666 g4: fffff80000000000 g5: 000000000000000f g6: fffff800167dc000 g7: 0000000000000000 o0: 0000000000000001 o1: 000000000000000f o2: fffff800167dc178 o3: 0000000000000000 o4: 0000000000624f3b o5: 0000000000624f3f sp: fffff8001295bdd1 ret_pc: 0000000000443848 l0: 0000000000000006 l1: fffff800167dc000 l2: 0000000000629000 l3: 000000000068dc00 l4: 0000000000629000 l5: 0000000000003fff l6: 000000000000000f l7: 0000000000625318 i0: 0000000000000009 i1: 0000000000000400 i2: fffff800167dc000 i3: 0000000000000001 i4: 0000000000624f1b i5: 0000000000624f26 i6: fffff8001295be91 i7: 000000000041a198 Instruction DUMP: 10680005 90102000 c45aa008 c6708000 913a2000 c0728000 c072a008 91924000 Aiee, killing interrupt handler ÿÿ<1>Unable to handle kernel paging request in mna handler<1> at virtual address 303038666666666e current->{mm,active_mm}->context = 00000000625318ff current->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = 0000000003402a00 here's the ksymoops output: ksymoops 2.3.5 on sparc64 2.4.0-test12-1. Options used -V (default) -K (specified) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12-1/ (default) -m /usr/src/linux/System.map (default) No modules in ksyms, skipping objects No ksyms, skipping lsmod (10): Oops TSTATE: 0000000080f09606 TPC: 0000000000448264 TNPC: 0000000000448268 Y: 01800000 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-sparc -a sparc g0: 000000000041a198 g1: ffffffffffffffff g2: 0000000000000000 g3: 3030386666666666 g4: fffff80000000000 g5: 000000000000000f g6: fffff800167dc000 g7: 0000000000000000 o0: 0000000000000001 o1: 000000000000000f o2: fffff800167dc178 o3: 0000000000000000 o4: 0000000000624f3b o5: 0000000000624f3f sp: fffff8001295bdd1 ret_pc: 0000000000443848 l0: 0000000000000006 l1: fffff800167dc000 l2: 0000000000629000 l3: 000000000068dc00 l4: 0000000000629000 l5: 0000000000003fff l6: 000000000000000f l7: 0000000000625318 i0: 0000000000000009 i1: 0000000000000400 i2: fffff800167dc000 i3: 0000000000000001 i4: 0000000000624f1b i5: 0000000000624f26 i6: fffff8001295be91 i7: 000000000041a198 Instruction DUMP: 10680005 90102000 c45aa008 c6708000 913a2000 c0728000 c072a008 91924000 >>PC; 00448264 <===== >>O7; 00443848 >>I7; 0041a198 Code; 00448258 0000000000000000 <_PC>: Code; 00448258 0: 10 68 00 05 unknown Code; 0044825c 4: 90 10 20 00 clr %o0 Code; 00448260 8: c4 5a a0 08 unknown Code; 00448264 <===== c: c4 70 e0 08 unknown <===== Code; 00448268 10: c6 70 80 00 unknown Code; 0044826c 14: 91 3a 20 00 sra %o0, 0, %o0 Code; 00448270 18: c0 72 80 00 unknown Code; 00448274 1c: c0 72 a0 08 unknown Code; 00448278 20: 91 92 40 00 unknown Aiee, killing interrupt handler <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request in mna handler<1> at virtual address 303038666666666e is there any further info i can provide? would the test11 oops help too? is it not bad enough that i spent the whole day frustrated, working with this system? but then the computer had to keep making faces at me, mocking me. *sigh* =;] pete -- Pete Toscano p:sigsegv@psinet.com w:pete@research.netsol.com GPG fingerprint: D8F5 A087 9A4C 56BB 8F78 B29C 1FF0 1BA7 9008 2736