linux crashing on amd athlons?
Hi all.
While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
Thanks,
Ameer
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While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install.
the oops says?
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This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
it works for a great very many people, more details are required
--cw
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Subject: Re: linux crashing on amd athlons?
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While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install.
the oops says?
I've counted approximately 10 different oopses, occuring at random intervals; I can't duplicate them with any chance of success.
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This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
it works for a great very many people, more details are required
--cw
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I've counted approximately 10 different oopses, occuring at random intervals; I can't duplicate them with any chance of success.
smells like bad hardware
Quoted 5 lines · Ameer Armaly
Hi all.
While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
Bad memory maybe.
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Måns Rullgård [email protected]
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Hi all.
While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.Bad memory maybe.
Another tip with Athlons is to make sure that you have a good powersupply. We have had some random crashes with a fileserver using dual Athlons, and it turned out to be underpowered due to the disks taking too much juice...
Regards
Magnus
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While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
I have several Athlons (from the venerable 500 to the new XP 2600+) in use at various sites, no problems. Among them an XP 1700+ in server use with vanilla 2.4.26, rock solid.
Check you've used a supported compiler and binutils, then check the hardware. Cooling (heat sink), RAM (try memtest86), power supply, proper clock speed and core voltage, proper RAM timing -- these are all contributing factors to instability if not carefully chosen and installed.
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While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck.
I have several Athlons (from the venerable 500 to the new XP 2600+) in use at various sites, no problems. Among them an XP 1700+ in server use with vanilla 2.4.26, rock solid.
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Check you've used a supported compiler and binutils, then check the hardware. Cooling (heat sink), RAM (try memtest86), power supply, proper clock speed and core voltage, proper RAM timing -- these are all contributing factors to instability if not carefully chosen and installed.
I have a dual Athlon MP2400+ running very stable on Linux Kernel (.org) 2.6.7-rc1, only the last week I have had random segfaults while compiling kernels and the like. So I popped open the case and vacuumed it, every thing, with special care on fans and ribbons. After this it's been running flawlessly again :)
My point beeing, better know your hardware before checking for flaws in Linux!
Kenneth