From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263204AbUGYAM5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:12:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263429AbUGYAM5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:12:57 -0400 Received: from out003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.103]:47079 "EHLO out003.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263204AbUGYAMx (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:12:53 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Organization: Organization: undetectable To: Denis Vlasenko Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc2 crash(s)? Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:12:52 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200407242156.40726.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200407250116.29651.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: <200407250116.29651.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407250012.52743.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [151.205.56.111] at Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:12:52 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 24 July 2004 18:16, Denis Vlasenko wrote: >On Sunday 25 July 2004 04:56, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> Machine is a new Biostar M7NCD-Pro mobo, with an athlon >> 2800 XP that says its a 2800 in the bootup so it not >> overclocked, nor is it too warm, showing 125F right now. >> It did take some non-default bios settings to achieve that, >> the default running the memory as DDR333, but the cpu as >> a 3200+, which understandably didn't always want to post! >> >> Kernel is 2.6.8-rc2, with the forcedeth driver using the >> builtin ethernet on this board. The mobo has a Gig of ram >> which signs on in the bios as >> "DDR400 Dual Channel Mode Enabled (etc)" >> >> I just re-entered the room from a few hours of other work, >> and found this machine had apparently crashed. I was not >> able to ssh into it from the firewall, or make it respond >> to the vulcan nerve pinch, so I hit the reset button and >> waited for about 120G of hard drives to fsck. >> >> This is the 2nd, or maybe the third time this has happened >> since I put in this new mobo, which passes a half a days run >> on memtest86 with no errors. I *think* I've got the APIC >> stuff turned off in the bios, and I'm not using it in the >> kernel as I want this box to run 24/7. >> >> The only screen blanker is a blank, black screen. >> >> This is the only log entries made at what must have been its >> untimely demise: >> ---------------------- >> Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging >> request at virtual address 5f697461 Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: >> printing eip: Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: c0164376 >> Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: *pde = 00000000 >> Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] >> Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: PREEMPT >> Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: Modules linked in: tuner tvaudio >> bttv video_buf btcx_risc eeprom snd_seq_oss snd_seq _midi_event >> snd_seq snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_bt87x snd_intel8x0 >> snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_allo c snd_mpu401_uart >> snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd 8139too forcedeth sg Jul 24 >> 15:37:39 coyote kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 24 15:37:39 coyote kernel: >> EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted Jul 24 21:25:59 coyote >> syslogd 1.4.1: restart. >> ----------------------- >> Previously, there was nothing in the logs at all, so this >> trail is a first. >> >> Is there anything of interest here? What else can I supply >> that might help aim a finger at something besides the operator, >> who wasn't even in the room at the time :) > >Not much... at least you can look up that EIP in System.map. >Also, do you really need all that sound stuff? It seems to all come in with the main driver for the ALC650. And it works pretty good once i got it figured out. Everything but the bt878 audio, which is so far down the s/s+n isn't more than 30 db. >Also, try to slightly underclock your system and see whether >that will help. >-- >vda c0164376 isn't a label, but its in between these two in the System.map c0164340 t prune_dcache c0164500 T shrink_dcache_sb But thats all I can deduce from here. I CC:'d this back to the list in case those two labels might mean something to someone else. Thanks -- Cheers, Gene There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.