Hi all.
While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting
down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom
built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then
i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
Thanks,
Ameer
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and
> shuting down the computer at random places within the install.
the oops says?
> This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I
> optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
it works for a great very many people, more details are required
--cw
"Ameer Armaly" <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi all.
> While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting
> down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom
> built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then
> i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
Bad memory maybe.
--
M?ns Rullg?rd
[email protected]
M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> "Ameer Armaly" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
>>Hi all.
>>While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting
>>down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom
>>built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then
>>i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
>
>
> Bad memory maybe.
>
Another tip with Athlons is to make sure that you have a good
powersupply. We have had some random crashes with a fileserver using
dual Athlons, and it turned out to be underpowered due to the disks
taking too much juice...
Regards
Magnus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Wedgwood" <[email protected]>
To: "Ameer Armaly" <[email protected]>
Cc: "linux kernel" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: linux crashing on amd athlons?
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
>
> > While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and
> > shuting down the computer at random places within the install.
>
> the oops says?
I've counted approximately 10 different oopses, occuring at random
intervals; I can't duplicate them with any chance of success.
>
> > This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I
> > optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
>
> it works for a great very many people, more details are required
>
>
> --cw
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 05:11:34PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> I've counted approximately 10 different oopses, occuring at random
> intervals; I can't duplicate them with any chance of success.
smells like bad hardware
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting
> down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom
> built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then
> i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
I have several Athlons (from the venerable 500 to the new XP 2600+) in
use at various sites, no problems. Among them an XP 1700+ in server use
with vanilla 2.4.26, rock solid.
Check you've used a supported compiler and binutils, then check the
hardware. Cooling (heat sink), RAM (try memtest86), power supply, proper
clock speed and core voltage, proper RAM timing -- these are all
contributing factors to instability if not carefully chosen and
installed.
--
Matthias Andree
Encrypted mail welcome: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95
On Monday 07 June 2004 01:57, Matthias Andree wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jun 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> > While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and
> > shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is
> > a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for
> > athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
>
> I have several Athlons (from the venerable 500 to the new XP 2600+) in
> use at various sites, no problems. Among them an XP 1700+ in server use
> with vanilla 2.4.26, rock solid.
>
> Check you've used a supported compiler and binutils, then check the
> hardware. Cooling (heat sink), RAM (try memtest86), power supply, proper
> clock speed and core voltage, proper RAM timing -- these are all
> contributing factors to instability if not carefully chosen and
> installed.
I have a dual Athlon MP2400+ running very stable on Linux Kernel (.org)
2.6.7-rc1, only the last week I have had random segfaults while compiling
kernels and the like. So I popped open the case and vacuumed it, every thing,
with special care on fans and ribbons. After this it's been running
flawlessly again :)
My point beeing, better know your hardware before checking for flaws in Linux!
Kenneth