On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 04:58:22PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:37:42PM +0200, David Jardine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:20:58PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:38:17AM +0200, David Jardine ([EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Following a re-compilation of my kernel (2.0.36) pon is > > > > behaving erratically, to say the least. After a reboot > > > > it works quite often the first time, less often the > > > > second, rarely the third... and once it's failed, it > > > > always fails after that. > > > > > > > > When it fails, it spews out a couple of screenfuls of > > > > something too fast to capture and then hangs - sometimes > > > > ^C kills it, sometimes ^D, sometimes I have to reboot. > > > > > > > > The straces of failed and successful connections seem > > > > identical (except for pids and times, of course). > > > > > > > > This is the syslog account (the same every time, I think): > > > > > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer > > > > dereference at virtual address c0000000 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = > > > > 00101000 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: *pde = 00102067 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: *pte = 00000000 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: Oops: 0000 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kernel: CPU: 0 > > > > Apr 17 00:17:07 gennes kerneld: error: exit: Identifier removed > > > > > > > > If anyone recognizes the symptoms, I'd be most grateful > > > > for pointers in the direction of a solution. > > > > > > It's a bug ;-) > > > > Don't kid me. I can bring the stablest of systems crashing > > round my ears by sheer stupidity. > > Meet you and raise you ten. > > I'd gone through an extremely frustrating three months last spring with > 2.2.14 in which sambafs and something else were rendering my system > unstable -- crashes every 2-14 days, most indicated with "NULL pointer > dereference". Turned out to be a known, but obscure, bug. > > > Anyway, I'm ashamed to say that I've decided to try potato again. > > (Ashamed because of the trouble you took to help me, for which > > many thanks.) > > No, no, no. I'm an arrogant, abuse ass heaping scorn on newbies, > remember? > > > May I ask one more stupid question? I don't understand the exact > > connection between kernel versions and distribution versions. > > There is none. Or at least no strong link. > > Most Debian distros are released against a set of kernel binaries which > have been compiled for the distro. For 2.2 (Potato) this includes > several flavors of 2.2, and possibly 2.0 and 2.4, kernels. > > > I tried to upgrade from slink to potato but found that the one thing I > > really needed (jdk) had been replaced by something else (jikes and > > kaffe) that I couldn't get working. Will I have problems if I try to > > install the stuff from my slink CDs on my potato system? > > You should be able to backtrack packages so long as you don't get > dependency conflicts. Don't have the dope on these particular packages > though. I'd look into why these aren't working for you (kaffe, jikes).
I did just that and now they're working beautifully. What a fantastic Easter! Family away for four days, subscribed to this list, got lots of help, learnt to compile a kernel, install sound, discovered lots of new things... A few holidays like that and I won't call myself a newbie any more - if I don't forget it all in the meantime. How long is it till next Easter? Thanks to all of you. David > > > Thanks > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
