Arandir wrote:
>
> I was premature in announcing a successful Linux install. Oh well...
>
> Trying to install SuSE again, this time with the packages I really
> wanted, instead of the base system, I kept freezing up on me, with no
> keyboard input.
>
> I then installed RedHat with default settings, just to get through the
> installation quickly. I could boot into RH just fine. But it crashed
> there a few times. However, I was able to capture some error messages
> better, since I was in the command line.
>
> Here is an example message (various numbers left out, very easy to
> reproduce if you need them):
>
> [root ~]# ls -l
> general protection: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<075a120c>}
> EFLAGS:00010206
> ...
> ...registers...
> ...
> Process ls (pid:311, process nr:6, stackpage=072a800)
> Stack: .....
> Call Trace: .....
> Code: ......
> Segmentation Fault
>
> The computer didn't hang here, but it did while I was trying to shutdown
> cleanly, with a similar message.
>
> I told Linux that I only had 16M RAM, to help see if at least the upper
> end of the memory was bad, to no avail. I turned of cache, etc.
>
> Found a FAQ at Redhat that said sometimes the AMD K6 hangs, but the
> problem was usually solved by updating the BIOS (I did already), or
> replacing the motherboard with a different type (a pain in the neck to
> disassemble the computer, but if I have to, oh well...).
>
> Anybody got anyother ideas? Anyone using an IWILL XA-100+ motherboard
> with an AMD K6? They're both popular items right now, so I know that
> someone, somewhere is using this combination.
>
> --
> David Johnson...
Sounds like you may have a memory problem. I remember reading on some
list problems with cheap memory on higher speed CPU's. Try looking at
http://www.sysopt.com under "guides". They have some discussion and a
couple of RAM test utilities available.
Good luck,
Ralph
