Re: Oops in Kernel 2.4.21-rc1

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net>]

Werner.Beck@Lidl.de wrote:
> Hello,
> I encountered a Kernel oops on two different PCs, both a configured
> identical. The system uses an ISDN connection to an Internet ISP and then
> establishes a VPN tunnel based on PPTP.
> As far as I can see in /var/log/messages the problem occurred on both
> system at the same time at 00:15, but not at the same day and not every

You are using SuSE 7.3, which leads me to the assumption that the
nightly cronjob at 00:15 is triggering this. One of the culprits I can
imagine is the updatedb run at that time. However, this is only
guesswork. The Oops itself does not give me any idea. Perhaps someone
else can help.

> day. No special program is running at that time. Basically it is a SuSE 7.3
> distribution, I made a Kernel upgrade.
> Hardware is a Fujitsu Siemens N300 PC with an IDE (7200 Rpm), Intel 845GI
> Motherboard, an ISDN PBX connected via USB to dial-up, the connection
> wasn't established when the system oopsed.
> Attached are some information.
> (See attached file: info.txt)(See attached file: oops.log)


HTH,
Carl-Daniel
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