Unexplained Kernel Panic / Hung Task

2013-12-04 Thread ~Stack~
Greetings, I have a test system I use for testing deployments and when I am not using it, it runs Boinc. It is a Scientific Linux 6.4 fully updated box. Recently (last ~3 weeks) I have started getting the same kernel panic. Sometimes it will be multiple times in a single day and other times it

Re: Unexplained Kernel Panic / Hung Task

2013-12-04 Thread Paul Robert Marino
Yup that's a hardware problem.It may be a bad firmware on the controller I would check the firmware version first and see if there is a patch. I've seen this kind of thing with Dell OEMed RAID controllers enough over the years that that's almost always the first thing I try.-- Sent from my HP

Re: No DHCP on boot with a fresh install

2013-12-04 Thread Mark Stodola
On 12/3/2013 10:04 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: I think we are on to something! On 12/03/2013 09:41 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: On 12/03/2013 09:16 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: On 12/03/2013 08:37 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:36 PM, ~Stack~i.am.st...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/01/2013 10:36 AM,

Re: No DHCP on boot with a fresh install

2013-12-04 Thread ~Stack~
On 12/04/2013 08:19 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: I would suggest trying a NIC that uses a different driver or getting a newer driver from ELrepo (kmod-tg3). Broadcom has been known to have issues in my experience. Hrm. I don't seem to find any package with tg3 in it at all. Even looking on the EPEL

Re: Unexplained Kernel Panic / Hung Task

2013-12-04 Thread David Sommerseth
On 04/12/13 14:21, ~Stack~ wrote: Greetings, I have a test system I use for testing deployments and when I am not using it, it runs Boinc. It is a Scientific Linux 6.4 fully updated box. Recently (last ~3 weeks) I have started getting the same kernel panic. Sometimes it will be multiple

Re: No DHCP on boot with a fresh install

2013-12-04 Thread ~Stack~
On 12/04/2013 05:13 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: On 4 December 2013 23:07, ~Stack~ i.am.st...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/04/2013 08:19 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: I would suggest trying a NIC that uses a different driver or getting a newer driver from ELrepo (kmod-tg3). Broadcom has been known to have

Re: Unexplained Kernel Panic / Hung Task

2013-12-04 Thread Paul Robert Marino
Well I tend to discount the driver idea because of an other problem he has involving multiple what I think are identical machines . Also any problems I've ever had with the ccsis driver were usually firmware related an a update or roll back usually corrects them.Besides the based on what I've

Re: No DHCP on boot with a fresh install

2013-12-04 Thread ~Stack~
On 12/04/2013 05:39 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: On 12/04/2013 05:13 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: On 4 December 2013 23:07, ~Stack~ i.am.st...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/04/2013 08:19 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: I would suggest trying a NIC that uses a different driver or getting a newer driver from ELrepo

Re: Unexplained Kernel Panic / Hung Task

2013-12-04 Thread Paul Robert Marino
If not down rev it to the same version as the one that works.It isn't hard to do with their utilities because those of us who work in mission critical environment have hammered it into their heads that its an absolute requierment-- Sent from my HP Pre3On Dec 4, 2013 19:12, ~Stack~