Re: Bug in 2.0.36pre7 / X11

Jonas Munsin (jmunsin@iki.fi)
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 19:37:04 +0300

On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 08:26:31PM +0300, Jonas Munsin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 05:22:00PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I'm using Alan's 2.0.36 pre7. While switching virtual desktops, the
> > > machine died completely. This happened several times. There might be
> > > something wrong with the kernel's PCI - code.
> > The PCI code hasnt changed, nor any driver for any component you list below,
> > strange indeed.
> I've been using 2.0.36 pre6 for a while without any problems. Last week I came
> back to campus, and I got two solid lockups when using ethernet (which I hadn't
> used during the summer). I also have a PCI ne2k clone. I installed pre7, and
> I've been using it without any problems a few days now (*knock on wood*).

I just had a lockup with pre7, too. This time X was running, but appart from
playing an mp3 from an samba mounted (via autofs) partion it was idle (ie no
mouse or console switching). I'm putting 2.0.35 back in now.

> (looking trough the logs I now notice an "Unable to handle kernel paging
> request at virtual address c4650004" Oops just before the latest lockup)
>
> Btw, if I put my ne2k in promisc mode I also get random lockups. This has
> happened with all kernel versions (2.0.27->) I've tested, so I've assumed my
> card is slightly broken.
>
> > > P133, 96MB RAM, S3 Trio64+ PCI (2MB), PCI NE2000 Clone
> > >
> > > This bug does not occur in pre6.

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