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From: Jean Schurger <jk24@alcove.fr>
To: antoniopagliaro@tin.it
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Athlon Thunderbird, Abit KT7 Raid, Kernel 2.4: DESKTOP FROZEN!
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:56:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15KFnD-0001Sk-00@kasba.alcove-fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01071023392004.02550@lila.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <01071023392004.02550@lila.localdomain>

In alcove.lists.linux.kernel, you wrote:
> 
> My box: Athlon Thunderbird 900 MHz, MotherboardAbit KT7 Raid, 
> Kernel 2.4 (the one that comes with Red Hat 7.1 no updates) 
> 
> I get apparently random desktop freezing.
> 
> Last time:
> 
> I was just doing nothing so the screensaver
> was on when I noticed the screen was frozen. Nor the keyboard
> neither the mouse worked. No combination of CTRL-ALT keys.
> Only choice left: reset. I did it.  When it booted again I got a
> 
> Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task
> In idle: not syncing.
> 
> (by the way: what is the SysRq magic or something similar?
> Does it help? Which keys??)
> 
> This time I had to unplug the computer. After 5 minutes I tried again.
> In many trials I got hundreds of errors. These:
> 

Try to compile a kernel without the Athlon optimization (just K6...).

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-07-11  8:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-10 21:39 Antonio Pagliaro
2001-07-10 22:47 ` David Grant
2001-07-11  8:42 ` Ookhoi
2001-07-11  8:56 ` Chris Vandomelen
2001-07-11  8:56 ` Jean Schurger [this message]

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