Dear Dave,
> Is this a machine that had previously been running without a
> problem? I ask because that would mostly eliminate the issue of
> incompatibilities. Right off, I'll say that it's my experience that
> kernel oopses are usually memory or hardware fault related. In order
> to test this hypothesis, you can try:
the problem is, that the machine ran without any problem until I
upgraded to kernel version 2.4.18. Originally I used the kernel which
was provided by the SuSE 8.0-CDs (2.4.18-4GB). Later I compiled my own
kernel, I upgraded to 2.4.19 but nothing helped.
> 1. removing all but one memory module and see if you keep getting oopses. If
> they continue, take that one out and try another. Cycle them all through in
> this manner to see if this might cause a problem. Also, try running memtest86
> for 24 hours of so. I think you can find it on Freshmeat.
I think it's not very likely that the problem is due to a hardware
problem as the first oops I ever got (after several years of happy
Linuxing) happened at the day I upgraded to 2.4.18-4GB and it never
stopped since then. I had memtest86 running once for several hours
which reported no problem.
> 3. After all that, the possibility does exist that there's a bug in a driver
> for one of your devices. Make sure that you're using the latest version of
> the kernel.
I do (2.4.19). BTW, I don't have any special devices running (serial
mouse, ATA CD-ROM, SB16 Soundcard, Matrox Mystique Graphics-Card, the
streamer I have and which works smoothlessly is normally not activated
as the corresponding modules are not loaded).
> If you are, paste the text of the oops into an email to
> linux-kernel, along with a description of when it seems to happen, or any
> other information that might help: the contents of /proc/pci, output of
> lsmod... I think there's a FAQ somewhere that describes what you should
> include, but I don't remember where it is.
I can't find any regularity in when it happens.
/proc/pci:
cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 3).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 1).
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 0).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f].
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 1064SG [Mystique] (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe1000000 [0xe1003fff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe07fffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0800000 [0xe0ffffff].
/sbin/lsmod:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ipt_TCPMSS 2368 0 (autoclean)
ipt_TOS 1024 0 (autoclean)
ipt_state 608 0 (autoclean)
ipt_LOG 3168 0 (autoclean)
ip_nat_ftp 2944 0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_ftp 3200 0 (unused)
ppp_deflate 39456 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp 4032 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 6336 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 8736 1 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 34628 0 (autoclean)
autofs 8868 1 (autoclean)
parport_pc 11972 1 (autoclean)
lp 5856 0 (autoclean)
parport 13888 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
snd-opl3-synth 8476 0 (unused)
snd-seq-instr 4224 0 [snd-opl3-synth]
snd-seq-midi-emul 4464 0 [snd-opl3-synth]
snd-seq 33292 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul]
snd-ainstr-fm 1332 0 [snd-opl3-synth]
snd-sb16 3236 1
snd-sb16-csp 15072 0 [snd-sb16]
snd-opl3-lib 5152 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-sb16]
snd-hwdep 3456 0 [snd-sb16-csp snd-opl3-lib]
snd-sb16-dsp 5248 0 [snd-sb16]
snd-pcm 46912 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-sb16-dsp]
snd-timer 9088 0 [snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-pcm]
snd-sb-common 6056 0 [snd-sb16 snd-sb16-csp snd-sb16-dsp]
snd-mpu401-uart 2592 0 [snd-sb16 snd-sb16-dsp]
snd-rawmidi 11776 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3696 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi]
snd 23592 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq snd-sb16 snd-sb16-csp snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-sb16-dsp snd-pcm snd-timer snd-sb-common snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3492 6 [snd]
ipv6 124864 -1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 16236 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 4480 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
ipt_REJECT 2784 0 (autoclean)
iptable_mangle 2112 0 (autoclean)
iptable_nat 13076 1 (autoclean) [ip_nat_ftp]
ip_conntrack 13228 3 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat]
iptable_filter 1728 0 (autoclean)
ip_tables 10528 10 [ipt_TCPMSS ipt_TOS ipt_state ipt_LOG ipt_REJECT iptable_mangle iptable_nat iptable_filter]
md 56896 0 (autoclean)
What makes me wonder is the message from Sep 16 saying:
Sep 16 14:31:18 erde kernel: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:206!
> I hope this helps! Sorry I can't be more specific. I'm not really a kernel guy
> - I just try to keep up with all of the goings-on! :-)
Thanks for your suggestions. I hope we can find the problem.
Andreas
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