From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:27:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:27:45 -0500 Received: from skunk.directfb.org ([212.84.236.169]:46315 "EHLO skunk.convergence.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:27:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:26:58 +0100 From: Denis Oliver Kropp To: Dave Jones , Stephan von Krawczynski , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Machine Check Exception ? Message-ID: <20020125132658.GA15769@skunk.convergence.de> Reply-To: Denis Oliver Kropp In-Reply-To: <20020125114718.7af47375.skraw@ithnet.com> <20020125141742.D28068@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020125141742.D28068@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Quoting Dave Jones (davej@suse.de): > On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 11:47:18AM +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > > Message from syslogd@diehard at Thu Jan 24 14:44:49 2002 ... > > diehard kernel: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004 > > > > and the box is dead. > > Can anybody please enlighten me what this means or what a possible > > problem behind might be? > > Typically a hardware problem. Some older systems generate them > spuriously though, which is why we have a "nomce" boot option. My system here is a P3 800 Coppermine with Infineon RAM. After removing that module it didn't occur. Linux 2.4.17. -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" convergence integrated media GmbH