Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261654AbUFEP13 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:27:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261648AbUFEP13 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:27:29 -0400 Received: from relay01.kbs.net.au ([203.220.32.149]:61115 "EHLO relay01.kbs.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261668AbUFEP1Q (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:27:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 1:27:15 +1000 From: "Pods" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-to: "Pods" Subject: Re: lotsa oops - 2.6.5 (preempt + unable handle virutal address + more?) X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Dodo Internet Webmail Server X-Original-IP: 203.221.30.76 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MSMail-Priority: Medium Importance: Medium Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1191 Lines: 31 >> Run memtest86 Tried once before, didnt boot... died :( memtest page says this happens on some hardware and they're not sure why. >> Underclock your system its not over clocked :/ >> lower IDE DMA mode and see whether it stops oopsing. tried setting dma = off in hdparm, didnt work, still got crashes compiling firebird.. infact, it didnt even get passed the ./configure stage :( Each time (just about, didnt do it once out of 6ish times) i set the dma to off (either at boot or runtime) i got a "spurious 8259A interript: IRQ 7".. apparantly, iirc that debug message has been taken out of 2.6.6 Please guys, CC me your responces, otherwise i have to look at some archives, and reply via webmail... it took 2 firefox crashes (one of which brought down X) to just right this message... now im going to take a chance and hit the submit button ________________________________________________ Message sent using Dodo Internet Webmail Server - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/