Sorry if this has been covered. I have a K6/2-300 system which (finally)
runs well, but on shutdown segfaults, with the message Bad EIP value. I
have found references to this problem
(http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/msg45447.html)--but
none to a solution.
The problem seems to be that the operating system (here Mandrake, 8.1)
recognizes the motherboard based on its BIOS as one that will allow a
software shutdown--when in fact it is not. (It is an AT motherboard, but
ATX features are included in the BIOS.) This is a guess, based on the fact
that it does it when shutdown to halt, but not rebooted. It is also
confirmed by others who have made the same guess. Mandrake offers a
possible solution, as 8.1 allows installation of either a 2.2.19 or 2.4.8
(default) kernel. One of the comments about the problem said it happened
with a 2.4.8 kernel, but not a 2.4.5 one, but as a quick test I installed
Mandrake 7.0, and it does it too.
I suspect I could fix this by editing the script it runs on shutdown, but
so far I have not found what that is. Can anyone suggest where I look?
Stuart Biggerstaff
Linda Hall Library of Science Engineering & Technology
5109 Cherry St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: (816) 926-8748
(800) 662-1545 x748
FAX: (816) 926-8785
URL: www.lindahall.org
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