Re: 2.0.30 lockup

Plamen Nikolaev (pan@ns1.aster.net)
11 Apr 1997 17:16:12 -0000

Same situation here - a perfectly running 2.0.29-ISS4. I installed
2.0.30 a few hours ago and it crashed in a very similar way. The last
message in the syslog was 'general protectioin fault: 0000' and the
last message on the console was 'Aiee: killing interrupt handler'.
Will try to be more informative next crash.

I have a Pentium 430VX with an IDE Fujitsu disk (1.6G) and an Adaptec 2940UW
with an 4.1G Quantum, a ne2000 compat, and Rocketport 8x (ISA). If
this looks familiar and more info is needed, I will provide it.

Here is my /proc/pci, just in case:

[root@dialup /root]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0x6000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0210000.
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Trident TG 9440 (rev 227).
Medium devsel. IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0200000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371SB Natoma/Triton II PIIX3 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x9000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB Natoma/Triton II PIIX3 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
[root@dialup /root]#

Regards,

Plamen Nikolaev

Magnus> Hi!

Magnus> My linux server has worked correctly with 2.0.27 since Christmas.
Magnus> Today I installed 2.0.30 and got a lockup after 7 hours uptime.

Magnus> Unfortunately, I cannot give you any information what could cause
Magnus> the lockup because the blank-screen (i.e. screen-saver) was active
Magnus> and no keyboard input produced results.

Magnus> It was probably an oops, no error messages were in the logs.

Magnus> My question is - how to get the blank screen away in a lockup/oops?

Magnus> Anyway, if it is of any use to you, my system config:
Magnus> 486DX4-100
Magnus> 32MB RAM
Magnus> 100MB swap
Magnus> IDE
Magnus> Seagate Medalist Pro (2,5 GB) on 1st channel
Magnus> 2xWD Caviar 31200 (1,2 GB) on 2nd
Magnus> Adaptec AHA1542 SCSI with NEC 7xCD changer and
Magnus> Fujitsu 230MB MO
Magnus> 2xNE2000 compatible net cards