[K12OSN] k12ltsp 4.2.0 smp crash after yum update

[mrok12osn at eastgranby.k12.ct.us]

It is the xorg-x11 package updates that are causing the crash.

Mark

> I had a file server with FC3 and kernel 2.6.1-1.6-smp after an up2date
> update with a new kernel 2.6.1-1.770-smp the whole system crashed also.
> Even
> if i returned to an earlier kernel,  the system was still crashing. Must
> be
> something also in one of the updates. Ended up reinstalling FC3. No just
> trying to salvage the raid 5 disk info. :(
> SteveG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mrok12osn at eastgranby.k12.ct.us>
> To: <k12osn at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:02 PM
> Subject: [K12OSN] k12ltsp 4.2.0 smp crash after yum update
>
>
>> We just received a new Dell PowerEdge 2800 with two processors.  I
>> installed Fedora 3 onto it from the k12ltsp 4.2.0 CD's to build a squid
>> system and all worked well.  I then did a yum update and reboot.  I am
>> using the graphical interface on the console(level 5).  Very quickly
>> after
>> I log in, the system crashes with the 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp kernel.  It
>> does
>> not crash with the non smp kernel.
>>
>> I reinstalled from the CD's again and did a selective yum update, adding
>> everything except the updates that begin with xorg-x11.  Now the server
>> no
>> longer crashes with the smp kernel.
>>
>> This server uses a Radeon 7000 video chip and when I google, there seem
>> to
>> be lots of references to smp problems, but earlier in fedora 3
>> development.   What can I do to resolve the problem?
>>
>> Also, I noticed that when using the 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 kernel, either smp
>> or
>> non smp, the time is set 4 hour earlier than the hardware time on this
>> server.  I can reset the time after boot up, but when I reboot again,
>> the
>> time is incorrect.  This does not occur with the 2.6.9-1.681_FC3
>> kernels.
>> Help?
>>
>> Mark Orenstein
>> East Granby, CT School System
>>
>>
>>
>>
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