Kernel RPM question: What if...

Gene C. czar at czarc.net
Fri Apr 16 20:17:41 UTC 2004


On Friday 16 April 2004 13:23, Martin Stone wrote:
> Huw Lynes wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:05:18 -0400
> >
> > Martin Stone <martin.stone at db.com> wrote:
> >>The reason I'm trying to do this is that with FC1 stock kernels I am
> >> getting
> >>
> >>random kernel *freezes* - not panics or even oopses - on multiple
> >> machines even when trying the usual frequently recommended "apm=off
> >> acpi=off nohlt" recommended incantations.  It's my hope that some kind
> >> of bugfix has been applied somewhere along the line that would address
> >> this problem, as I can't seem to debug it.
> >
> > Oh good it's not just us then. What sort of boxes are they? We've begun
> > to see this mostly on dual-xeon machines.
>
> Oooooo, mine are all dual-xeons too... how frequently do you freeze?  Mine
> seems to average about 0.5 machines per day over a pool of about 5
> machines... but it's pretty random and nothing I do in terms of stressing
> the box seems to make a difference.

In case you did not look at Dave Jone'sreply to me, the latest kernel (2179) 
fixes the hang problem.
-- 
Gene





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