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From: Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
To: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test8 and HIGMEM = segfaults and panics?
Date: 21 Oct 2003 13:03:02 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1066762982.5055.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031021155337.GF2617@rdlg.net>

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On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 09:53, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I'm running a dual-athalon system.  When I compiled the 2.6.0-test8 kernel I
> enabled HIGHMEM for 4 Gigs as I'm at 1.5G now and planning on purchasing
> an additional 512Meg DIMM next weekend (yeah, should have with the
> 1.5Gig).
> 
> At any rate the box comes up just fine and runs for a while but once the
> memory is in use for a few hours and seems to exceed 220+ Megs about any
> command I execute will Segfault and the kernel has panic'd twice
> (couldn't read the whole oops).

I run a dual athlon system with 2 GB, and it has never done anything
like that.

Have you run memtest86 on your system to verify it isn't a physical
memory problem?

Are you using registered RAM chips?  I seem to remember from my
motherboard documentation that registered is required to use more than 2
memory slots.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-10-21 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-21 15:53 2.6.0-test8 and HIGMEM = segfaults and panics? Robert L. Harris
2003-10-21 19:03 ` Zan Lynx [this message]
2003-10-21 19:58   ` Robert L. Harris
2003-10-21 21:26     ` Zan Lynx
2003-10-21 22:39       ` Robert L. Harris

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