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Re: Kernel-2.4.2x arbitarily reboots



I've came over this problem before. It is caused by some incorrectly
loaded modules(check /var/log/ksymoops). 

Wish it helps.


Best regards
Wang WenRui

Around 22 o'clock on 08 Mar, glenn wrote:
> Hi 
> can anyone tell me where I might start troubleshooting this problem.
> Im finding debian  kernel-image packages higher than 2.4.18bf24 and
> lower than the 2.6 are causing my system to reboot. 
> They appear to boot up find, everything is good, then perhaps 30sec to 1
> minute later the machine just reboots.
> 
> The sensible thing would be to go with 2.6, but I have a list of other
> problems with that, so I'm happy to be happy with 2.4.2x-something
> 
> Can anyone give me a hint how I workout what causes this?
> Thanks
> Glenn
> 
> heres more information:
> * Reboots regardless of gdm/X being started
> * 2.4.18 doesn't reboot it, neither does win xp
> * I download and tried installing from the netinst, the full iso image,
> and floppy and they all caused my system to reboot (seemingly)
> arbitarily
> * I installed a minimal woody from cd, then set my apt to unstable and
> dist upgraded along with new kernel - working my way back to 2.4.20
> before I found one that didn't cause a reboot. 2.4.20 seemded dreamy,
> everything work, but after (deliberately) restarting my system, this
> problem of rebooting was back
> 
> 



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