About the crash...

Tuomo Pyhala (tuomo@lesti.kpnet.fi)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 11:43:33 +0200 (EET)


As I reported my problems with 2.1.86 i got few replies, and beacuse i
didn't include enough information on my system i'll do it now. This an
uniprocessor system, which was perfectly stable under 2.0.33, and the
crashes aren't related to disk activity anyhow. I can crash by just doing
something which scrolls the xterm enough (like while [ -d /]; do set;
done) and playing a mp3-file simultaneously. it takes 2-3 minutes before
it crashes. Almost all system software, libraries etc. is from RH5.0. When
the system crashes it totally locked up under 2.1.84, under 2.1.86 it
almost immediately reboots, so i get no messages of any kind.

Machine:
6x86 P200+
QDI Titanium I TX based mobo
GUS Classic rev 3.7 Soundcard
Matrox Millennium 4MB
Following IDE devices:
QUANTUM FIREBALL ST3.2A
ST36451A
OCTEK TECHNOLOGY CD-ROM
3com 509 netcard (no activity)
v.34 Modem

Kernel configuration

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
CONFIG_M586=y
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KERNELD=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
# CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set

#
# Plug and Play support
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT=m

#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set

#
# Additional Block Devices
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
# CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
CONFIG_MD_MIRRORING=m
# CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY is not set
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y

#
# Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules.
#
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y

#
# Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules.
#
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPPORTFW is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set

#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set

#
#
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PROFILE is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_MEM is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
CONFIG_EL3=m
# CONFIG_VORTEX is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m

#
# CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules.
#
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
CONFIG_CDROM=m

#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
# CONFIG_FAT_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
# CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_MISC_RADIO is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FT_NORMAL_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_FT_FULL_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_FT_NO_TRACE is not set
# CONFIG_FT_NO_TRACE_AT_ALL is not set
# CONFIG_FT_STD_FDC is not set
# CONFIG_FT_MACH2 is not set
# CONFIG_FT_PROBE_FC10 is not set
# CONFIG_FT_ALT_FDC is not set

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SB is not set
# CONFIG_ADLIB is not set
CONFIG_GUS=m
# CONFIG_GUS16 is not set
# CONFIG_GUSMAX is not set
# CONFIG_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_MAUI is not set
# CONFIG_OPL3SA1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOFTOSS is not set
# CONFIG_YM3812 is not set
# CONFIG_VMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
# CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y

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