Re: Frequent kernel crashes on old non-ACPI hardware with 2.6.16+
Thanks for the help.
I haven't posted since Thursday because, well, it hasn't crashed! After
five crashes by noon Wednesday, I was out most of Thursday, treated it
with kid gloves Friday and Monday (minimal interaction, did 99% of my
work on the laptop), ramped up a bit yesterday, and today have been
using it nonstop.
I'm using testing, but can't think of anything which has changed since
last Wednesday which would make such a difference...
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:11:14PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
> > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
> > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01)
>
> A friend of mine had lots of trouble with a similar videocard. Do you have
> a spare to exchange?
Thanks, if it happens again I'll try replacing with another Voodoo3.
But it seems odd that this would fix it, esp as the problem happens even
in console mode, and does not happen under 2.6.8...
> > Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
>
> You could try passing 'noapic' and 'nolapic' to the kernel
Okay, tried noapic, but that didn't change any of the APIC messages in
dmesg. I have it set to nolapic for when (if?) it next fails. Then
again, it hasn't crashed since trying it. :-)
Maybe I should try removing it, and see if I get crashing again... If I
learn more I'll post again.
> > Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.18-1-686 ro root=301 acpi=off pci=norouteirq
> > PCI: Unknown option `norouteirq'
>
> 'pci=norouteirq' seems to be wrong.
Right, removed it. Thanks.
Thanks so much. This is a great machine, still quite snappy with GNOME,
OOo etc., and it would have been a shame to have to let it go.
Regards,
-Adam
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