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omarsx

Member

Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 2

Random kernel panics in 2.6.21-ARCH

Hi, I've installed archlinux duke yesterday. I'm getting random lockups, when the lockup happens the "caps lock" and "scroll lock" lights are flashing, I reboot and check the messages log and I can't find anything about the lock
I know this is a panic, but I don't know why, I've searched in google but can't find anything Can anyone help me?
My hardware:
pentium 4 processor, 2.8ghz
VIA Motherboard
nvidia graphics card, geforce 6200 with latest drivers in pacman, I use NVAGP
WD 80gb Hard disk.
uname -a shows :
Linux arch 2.6.21-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 11 23:47:51 CEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

thanks.
ps. sorry for my english

Last edited by omarsx (2007-06-25 22:02:44)

karsten

Member

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 261

Re: Random kernel panics in 2.6.21-ARCH

lots of ppl are getting this.  not sure what the cause is.  i did too and my /var/log didnt show anything

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Random kernel panics in 2.6.21-ARCH

The problem with panics is that the kernel stops and thus cannot log what went wrong. If you are lucky, you may find something that went wrong before the lockup.

How long does it take until the panic happens? If you can somehow provoke it, try doing this while you are on a text console. Then you will see some message about the panics, they may or may not help.

It is possible that 2.6.22 fixes the problem, so you can enable the [kernel]-repository and upgrade (if you have enough time) and see if the problem is gone:

for i686, add this as the first repo to pacman.conf
[kernel]
Server = http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/rc-kernel/

for x86_64, use this:
[kernel]
Server = http://www.archlinux.org/~thomas/rc-kernel-x86_64

omarsx

Member

Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 2

Re: Random kernel panics in 2.6.21-ARCH

How long does it take until the panic happens?

I've had 2 panics since yesterday, the first happened when my uptime was about 12-13hrs. the second I had was when i left my computer inactive. I've had this panics in other distros too, and they usually happen when I left the computer inactive ( I can't get more than 16hrs uptime ). I've read that if I turned acpi off maybe the problem will go, but no, still there

It is possible that 2.6.22 fixes the problem, so you can enable the [kernel]-repository and upgrade (if you have enough time) and see if the problem is gone:

I'm upgrading right now, thanks

omars

Member

Registered: 2006-09-16

Posts: 2

Re: Random kernel panics in 2.6.21-ARCH

*bump*
sorry for doble posting, but my problem is still there,  I was in a tty console and saw something like "Process swapper (pid 0)" (then call trace and more hexa stuff)
and at the end of all it says
<0>Kernel panic - not syncing fatal exception in interrupt.
i've tried with older kernels (2.6.16) and with newer and I still get the OOPs