Re: new machine: what's wrong?
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 11:41:10PM -0400, Jack wrote:
> Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072(order 7, 512k)
> Page cache hash table entries: 32768(order 5, 128k)
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 87fe15a8
> current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010[<c011edb0>]
> EFLAGS: 00010283
> eax:ffffffff ebx:87fe1560 ecxc024cc84 edx c01d57c0
> esi:c01d20d7 edi:c01d57c1 ebpc7f317a0 esp: c0229f90
> ds 0018 es 0018 ss:0018
> Process swapper(pid:0, processs nr:0, stackpage: c0229000)
> stack: ......
> ...... (numbers)
> Call Trace: [<6106000>] [<c01d57c0>]
> [<c0106000>] [<c0100175>]
> Code: 8b 73 48 8b 7c 24 38 fc ac
> ae 75 08 84 c0 75 88 31 c0 eb 04
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
Looks like a memory problem. Try getting the memtest86 package. It is
packaged in Debian, but it's not actually a Linux app. You copy it to a
floppy and boot with the floppy. Memtest hammers hard on the ram for a
while, doing a series of checks designed to cause problems with the RAM
to become apparent.
I've also seen problems like this with bad motherboards. If possible,
try swapping out different hardware components (i.e. try a different
video board, etc).
Good luck.
noah
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