From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:32:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:32:18 -0500 Received: from harpo.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.34]:47532 "EHLO harpo.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:32:17 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:41:33 +0100 (MET) From: Mikael Pettersson Message-Id: <200301261441.PAA08646@harpo.it.uu.se> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rekearney@adelphia.net Subject: Re: Problems moving to 2.4.x from 2.2.x kernel (unable to handle kernel paging request) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:53:15 -0500, Robert E. Kearney Jr. wrote: >I'v been running fine for quite a while now, and figured its time to >update my kernel, and some of the software. I downloaded 2.4.20, >configured according to my previous kernel build on 2.2.16, compiled and >installed. However, after about 1 min, I get a kernel panic(unable to >handle kernel paging request at virtual addres ....), usually kswapd, >sometimes machine dies right away, other times.. It dies a few seconds >later. ... >Jan 23 22:18:09 terminus kernel: Linux version 2.4.20 >(root@terminus.dnspenguin.com) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux >7.0)) #4 Thu Jan 23 21:15:07 EST 2003 2.4 built with a very old gcc-2.96. Early 2.96 versions are known to have problems. Please recompile with gcc 2.95.3 or 3.2 or RedHat's latest gcc-2.96 update. If the problems persist, run memtest86 for a couple of hours. /Mikael