On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > Anyone running an AMD-based board with a Via KT133 chipset? > I've been experiencing a significant amount of system instabilty (X crashing, SRPM >rebuilds failing with internal compiler errors, running kmix locking the system) and >was leaning toward bad RAM being the culprit. But as I've been googling, I've found >several references to the KT133 chipset, and the VT82C686 Southbrisge wreaking havoc. > > I'll be updating my motherboard's BIOS tonight (an ABIT KT7A) and replacing the RAM >to see if that helps, but any insight y'all could provide would be helpfull, >especially if your running on a mobo with a VIA chipset. I'm currently running RH8's >stock Athlon kernel, but would be willing to compile a new kernel if that would help >fix things.
Another datapoint to consider is that RH8 isn't exactly famous for its stability. Can you reliably reproduce the instability, or is it seemingly random? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
