>
>
> Normally kernel panics will show up in /var/log/messages, looking something
> like:
>
> syslog:May 13 22:50:55 gamera kernel: /dev/vmmon: (pid=12708) VMX86 driver
> panic. pid=12708
Yea, that's what I thought. But I get nothing in the logs except the boot stuff when
it comes back up.
>
> Sadly I don't have the specific messages I got at that time because I blew away
> that installation a couple more times before I hit on the right h/w s/w
> configuration for everything.
>
> Also, when you get a lockup in X, you can try hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to
> the first tty, which is also your console, I believe, to see if there were any
> messages dumped there...
I tried that and got no response.
>
> As for why switching controllers would help, I am not sure, but maybe there is
> some timing issue or master/slave relationship that requires the dvd to be on
> ide 0 -- the nature of the kernel panics lead me to believe that the hdd was
> disappearing from the system for long periods of time...
>
>
> On Fri, 18 May 2001 15:36:31 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> > Interesting,
> > Did you find log messages about kernel panics? I've
> > never had a kernel panic (that I know of) so I'm not
> > sure where to look. But there hasn't been anything in
> > my logs around these events.
> >
> > Also, I don't have any HDD on the IDE controllers. So
> > maybe its a filesystem problem. But then, why would
> > switching controllers help you?
> > Thanks
> > > I had what is described below the first couple of days after building my
> Duron
> > > 800 Mhz, ABIT KT-7 (VIA 133 chipset) system and installing LM8.0. I figured
> out
> > > that it was experiencing kernel panics, basically losing track of some VFS
> or
> > > other and freaking out. A few other weird problems with installs and
> mounting
> > > CDROMS made me think it had something to do with my Matsushita DVD-ROM
> drive,
> > > and then an instinct told me to try swapping IDE connections -- I moved the
> DVD
> > > to 0 and the HDD to 1, and everything has been happy ever since.
> > >
> > > So, quick recap -- I had my HDD on IDE 0 and DVD-ROM on IDE 1, had kernel
> > > panics relating to file systems disappearing, then swapped to DVD on IDE 0,
> HDD
> > > on IDE 1, everything got happy.
> > >
> > > Maybe this is some clue?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 18 May 2001 08:02:01 -0700, Civileme said:
> > >
> > > > On Thursday 17 May 2001 09:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > How is everybody finding the stability of their Mandrake
> > > > > 8 boxes? I've been having some problems.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've had several random lockups while in KDE. Nothing I
> > > > > can replicate. Somtimes it locks while I'm doing
> > > > > something innocuous (moving mouse, minimizing window),
> > > > > sometimes it's locked up over night. When this happens,
> > > > > there is no saving it. Keyboard & mouse are completely
> > > > > dead, and it won't even respond to a ping over the net.
> > > > > This has happened maybe 6 or 8 times total over the past
> > > > > 2 or 3 weeks.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've also had 2 random reboots. Once was over night,
> > > > > and the other was during the day while I was at work. I
> > > > > had left the box logged in, when I get back the login
> > > > > screen is up and last shows a reboot. The box is on a
> > > > > UPS, and the other box on that UPS hasn't rebooted.
> > > > >
> > > > > There is doesn't seem to be anything interesting in the
> > > > > logs wrt these incidents.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm pretty confident that its not a hardware problem.
> > > > > This box was rock-solid with a RedHat 6.2 variant.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas? Frankly, If I was satisfied with this kind
> > > > > of stability, I'd have stuck with windows :-)
> > > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > > Yet, we have boxes running 8.0 since it was released, never rebooted,
> with no
> > > > problem. AMDs and Intels with and without VIA chipsets. What you are
> > > > describing I have seen before only when I had a loose or failing CPU
> cooling
> > > > fan.
> > > >
> > > > Civileme
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sebastian Hassinger
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 512-576-9074
> > > http://methin.kz/singe/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Sebastian Hassinger
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 512-576-9074
> http://methin.kz/singe/
>
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