From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:39:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:39:13 -0400 Received: from thepigsty.demon.co.uk ([158.152.99.38]:36314 "EHLO mad.pigsty.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:38:58 -0400 To: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Panic Linux 2.4.3 RH7 In-Reply-To: From: Tim Haynes In-Reply-To: 's message of "Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:01:05 -0400 (EDT)" Reply-To: Tim Haynes Date: 20 Apr 2001 22:37:53 +0100 Message-ID: <877l0ffe1a.fsf@straw.pigsty.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org writes: > Machine has been locking up between 0-3 times a day sporadically. Nothing > predictable about it. Hadn't locked up for 3 days, and locked 3x today, > the last 2 times within 20 minutes of each other. Had run stable with > 2.2.18, and was running fairly stable on 2.4.3 up until about last week. > (might be coincidence, or not, but seems to happen when I am on IRC -- > DOS?, nothing in log files or firewall logs however) > > Machine info: > > RedHat 7, Intel Celeron 450, 256Meg ECC PC100 DRAM, 1 15G IDE (/usr, > /tmp, /home, /var, swap ), 1 2G SCSI (/, /boot, swap) HDD, 2 identical > tulip chipset eth cards. [snip] > > Mismatch in TCPACCEPT IN=ETH0 OUT= MAC= 00:00:e8:24:53 [snip] > (stack information skipped, if you need it let me know and I will write it > all down the next time) > > Process: swapper (pid0, stack page c02dl000) [snip] Take your pick from one or more of the following: a) dodgy RAM - less likely if a different set of RAM has also had the problem; b) a faulty network card - a tulip (Netgear FA310TX) reliably caused me a hang ~6 months ago, so there is a precedent; c) overheating - see if, left to its own devices, the hangs become more frequent the longer the box is left on; also implement lm_sensors and keep an eye on the CPU temperature if possible; d) RH7 alert: did you use kgcc to build the kernel? e) Something totally else :8) HTH, ~Tim -- 10:32pm up 3 days, 46 min, 10 users, load average: 0.18, 0.10, 0.08 piglet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk |Clouds cross the black moonlight, http://piglet.is.dreaming.org |Rushing on down to the sound |of a turning world