Re: xfree and devel kernels > 2.3.99-pre6

[Pete Toscano]

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it was pointed out to me (thanks mark) that i didn't mention my
machine's configuration:

dual p3 600 (smp kernel)
512M ram
asus p2b-d mobo
intel 10/100 etherexpress pro nic
matrox g400 max video board
sb live x-gamer sound board
ms usb mouse
sandisk usb cf reader (usb-storage)
both keyboard and monitor have usb hubs

thanks,
pete

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Pete Toscano wrote:

> hello,
>=20
> i'm having a heck of a time trying to debug my system.  it originally
> started as a redhat 6.2 system using the devel kernels.  aside from the
> occasional bumps in the road, things generally worked for me.  that is,
> until 2.3.99-pre7.
>=20
> even since, when i could get the kernel to boot (i couldn't get pre7 to
> boot and pre8 had problems with my usb hardware), it'd crash during disk
> writes when using xfree 3.3.6. =20
>=20
> this holds true right up to 2.4.0-test2.  i've upgraded the packages
> that needed upgrading according to Documentation/Changes.  i've tried
> both with and without the utah-glx module loaded.  neither of these
> things makes any difference. =20
>=20
> when i run it in console mode, i can't get it to lock up.  i also can't
> get it to lock up in x reliably.  sometimes, it'll run for a few hours
> before a lockup, others, five minutes.
>=20
> now, afaict, these are not normal x lockups.  from another machine on my
> network, i cannot ping my machine and i cannot establish any other
> network connection to it.  am i correct in thinking that if it were just
> x locking up, i'd still be able to ping my machine and ssh to it?
>=20
> to check that it's probably not my hardware, i installed freebsd in
> another partition and it runs for hours with no problems in xfree 3.3.6.
> also, 2.2.16 with andre's udma patches, the agpart patches, and the usb
> patches seems to work fine.
>=20
> when a crash occurs, nothing gets written to any logs (at least, nothing
> that actually gets written to disk and saved).  the only way i know
> something !nice happened the last time my computer had power was when i
> power back up and go through the whole fsck process.
>=20
> i have yet to see if crashes also happen with xfree 4.0.  i'm also
> considering recompiling 3.3.6 on my own to see if that might fix it.  do
> you think it'd be worth the effort?
>=20
> finally,  kdb.  i've never used it, but i get the impression from what
> i've seen on the list that i need either a printer or serial console
> hooked to my machine.  as i don't have either of these, would it be
> possible to take a xover serial cable and plug it from the serial port
> of my machine to the serial port of another machine and just run minicom
> or something similar on it?
>=20
> thanks for the help,
> pete

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