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From: Wilfried Weissmann <Wilfried.Weissmann@gmx.at>
To: Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt <charon@debian.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Again: Linux 2.4.x and AMD Athlon
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:13:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B4ED7C4.D121CF5F@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010712215357.91B6DB6357@binary.dyndns.dk>

Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt wrote:
> 
> Thomas Foerster wrote:
> > Seems to be the problem with the AMD optimazion in the kernel.
> 
> Funny, I have only had one minor problem with my setup. It's the same
> processor, only with one 512 meg PC133 block, and the ASUS A7V133
> motherboard (which is equipped with the same chipset). My videocard is also
> the same (ASUS V-7700), but my PSU is only 300Mhz.
> 
> The only instability I've experienced is when I was running KDM on both vt7
> and vt8, and then logging out from X. Sometimes (entirely random) it would
> freeze solid (something like once a week). I've had this setup since 2.4.1,
> and the kernel has always been compiled with Athlon optimizations, and with
> VIA 82CXXX chipset support.

I am wondering if you are using the NVidia binary driver for X. They
seem to cause some "funny" things like SIGSEGVs and random hangs. Even
without K7 optimizations.

bye,
Wilfried

  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-13 11:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-12 21:53 Again: Linux 2.4.x and AMD Athlon Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt
2001-07-13 11:13 ` Wilfried Weissmann [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-07-16  8:50 David Balazic
2001-07-15  7:09 Andreas Hartmann
2001-07-16  2:19 ` Stephen Degler
2001-07-14 19:54 Gabriel Friedmann
2001-07-14 20:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-15  0:51 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-07-13 12:19 Thomas Foerster
2001-07-13 11:12 Thomas Foerster
2001-07-13 12:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-13 22:05 ` Stefan Jaschke
2001-07-13  7:00 Thomas Foerster
2001-07-13 10:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-12  7:15 Thomas Foerster
2001-07-12 19:16 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-13  2:31 ` Benjamin C.R. LaHaise
2001-07-13  8:52 ` Joerg Schmitz-Linneweber

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