On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> OK, this is very interesting... I would like to know what an "oops"
> is... I was working on my SuSE 5.2 (Kernel 2.0.33) Linux, trying to get
> PPP working (I am just trying it out to see if I like it or not), and
> then it said on the screen, oops: 0000, with a bunch of stuff that went
> by, and the system rebooted.
>
> 1) What is an oops, and what causes it?
An oops is a kernel error. It is usually caused by either a real kernel
bug or a hardware error.
>
> 2) How do I prevent it?
You could try upgrading your kernel, or if you feel like it, debugging
your current one. If you upgrade, I would suggest 2.0.36, as you probably
would have a lot of trouble running 2.2.1 on Suse 5.2 (not sure here)
Of course, if you have hardware problems, a new kernel will most probably
not help.
It is possible to extract more information from the Oops report, but I
have never done this, so I can't help you with that.
Frank
> - Mike
>
