From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18M8o2-0004eP-00 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:29:50 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id gBBFTlUM004238 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:29:48 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gBBFTlNo004236 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:29:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:29:47 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Kernel bug--machine lockup Message-ID: <20021211152946.GG28489@rednote.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Do you have a ups on that machine? I find Silver Spring electricity to have frequent brown-outs. I have been sitting by my machine and have heard the UPS alarm go off quite frequently. Charles Crawford writes: > From: ccrawford@acb.org > > Is this the twilight zone? I came home and found my linux box off. > Nobody here but the cat. It booted fine, but wierdest thing. > > -- charlie Crawford. > On Tue, 10 > Dec 2002 jwantz@hpcc.noaa.gov wrote: > > > Hi, > > I came home this afternoon and experienced something that I have never > > seen with linux. My computer was completely dead, no speech and > > nonresponsive keys. I thought it was WINDBLOWS! > > > > Here is the pertinent information I obtained when I looked at > > /var/log/messages: > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:133! > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: invalid operand: 0000 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: nls_iso8859-1 sr_mod snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emux-synt > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: CPU: 0 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: EIP: 0010:[] Not tainted > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: EIP is at __free_pages_ok [kernel] 0x5c (2.4.18-14) > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: eax: 00017818 ebx: c1524570 ecx: c1000030 edx: 00000000 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 ebp: 17818067 esp: c56e7de8 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: Process sendmail (pid: 31337, stackpage=c56e7000) > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: Stack: c02ff4c0 00000002 00000246 00001000 c02ff4c0 00000000 c02ff4c0 c013c580 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: d5bfd4b8 00000000 d594c9b4 0000b000 0000c000 17818067 c012bbe0 c1524570 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: 00000001 c24ed55c c24ede40 0000000c 40400000 cfc81404 4026e000 00000000 > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: Call Trace: [] page_remove_rmap [kernel] 0x80 (0xc56e7e04)) > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: [] zap_pte_range [kernel] 0xf0 (0xc56e7e20)) > > Dec 10 16:27:00 pcp218693pcs kernel: [] do_zap_page_range [kernel] 0x8b (0xc56e7e48)) > > Do you think this is worth passing on to the kernel development team? I > > am running Redhat 8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14. > > > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175