On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 02:23:44PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently installed debain Etch 40r3 on an older Intel desktop > which was previously reliably running a 2,4 Kernel SuSE system. > > The installation went pretty smoothly, and the system is being manly > used as a firewall (Shorewall) for a local lan, and a Samba server. > > This morning it generated an oops as follows:
[snip the oops] > Following this my ssh connections were still there, but after one or two > commands would freeze on something. The system continues to respond to > pings, but I can't start any new ssh connections. > > I need to get it rebooted to get more details on the installation. > > Before I spend too much time on it, does anyone know of this particular > oops being a known problem? > > Any other thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Give us some hardware details. CPU and speed, ram size, swap size, any errors in /var/log/syslog? You may want to install the memtest86+ package and run it when you can spare the box for a while. The package installs a grub line so that you can boot into it and run the tests. The problem could be a failing memory module. I suppose if the box had hit swap, it could be a PSU problem if the drive was drawing too much, or it could be a disk problem (which should show some errors in /var/log/syslog). At least its an old box (I run them all the time) so troubleshooting isn't too difficult. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
