Re: Kernel "Oops" output

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 12 May 2001 17:42:30 +0100 (BST)


> tried to find the "opps" output in the /var/log/messages file but there is
> nothing there. The system hangs at the last line of the oops output to the
> screen and will not accept any commands. The only recourse at this point is
> to "CTRL-ALT-DEL" and let the system reboot.
>
> The oops out follows:
>
> Power down
> general protection fault: f000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 005: [<00008865>]

That is a bug in the APM BIOS on your machine. Upgrading to 2.2.19 and
enabling the real mode bios poweroff might help..
-
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/