From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:02:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:01:59 -0400 Received: from cx97923-a.phnx3.az.home.com ([24.9.112.194]:33185 "EHLO grok.yi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:01:49 -0400 Message-ID: <3B845605.E9EC1FF1@candelatech.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:01:57 -0700 From: Ben Greear Organization: Candela Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-pre4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Deppner CC: Travis Shirk , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Kernel Locking Up In-Reply-To: <20010822165444.A25085@dondra.ofc.psyber.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ted Deppner wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:46:14AM -0600, Travis Shirk wrote: > > Ever since I upgraded to the 2.4.x (currently running 2.4.8) > > kernels, my machine has been locking up every other day > > or so. Does anyone have any hints/tips for figuring out > > what is going on. > > As another data point, I've had similar problems with one machine (the > heaviest utilized), but none others. I'm running about 20 2.4.x machines, > in various uses (I work for an ISP). > > Kernels 2.4.6 through 2.4.7, and even a 2.4.7-ac8 I tried for good > measure. > > The one running on a Dell PowerEdge 2450, dual P3-750s, 512mb ram, Mylex > ExcelRaid 2000, Intel EEPRO100, running a qmail setup transiting 20 to 40k > messages per day regularly locks up every 3 to 8 days. No dmesg, no error > logs, no oops, nothing on the console. If the latest kernel still blows up, try using Intel's e100 driver.. The eepro100 driver has been flaky from time to time on certain chipsets... Ben > ifconfig eth0 has shown millions of various errors (carrier, collisions), > and hundreds of thousands of them between typing the command in twice. > The Cisco 6000 series switch on the other side of the cable shows no such > errors. > > -- > Ted Deppner > http://www.psyber.com/~ted/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear