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Subject: Re: Kernel "Oops" output
To: oppaak@alaweb.com (Aubrey Kilpatrick)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 17:42:30 +0100 (BST)
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> tried to find the "opps" output in the /var/log/messages file but there is
> nothing there.  The system hangs at the last line of the oops output to the
> screen and will not accept any commands.  The only recourse at this point is
> to "CTRL-ALT-DEL" and let the system reboot.
> 
> The oops out follows:
> 
> Power down
> general protection fault: f000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 005: [<00008865>]

That is a bug in the APM BIOS on your machine. Upgrading to 2.2.19 and 
enabling the real mode bios poweroff might help..