On Mon, 27 May 2002, Rodolfo [ISO-8859-1] Canet-Castell� wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > well let me put few cents on top. I do have dual Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU > > 1.70GHz stepping 02 DELL machine with 1G of memory, and I do experience > > the same random freezings like the "AMD" users using Mandrake 8.1 kernel: > > Linux version 2.4.8-26mdkenterprise. Thought it's a X system, so I > > totally disabled it, but this doesn't solve the problem. I was thinking > > to upgrade to newer kernel/system version, but after the last e-mails > > looks like I have to downgrade... > > > > Any idea on this > > Well, I'm realizing that instability is much more extended than I > thought. I've got a 1.5 GHz P-IV (Intel D845WN mobo)which is totally > unusable under 8.1 because of random full lock-ups. I've tried > everything, from changing memory modules, or switching kernels to > disable usb, with no avail. I'd try another distros to see what happens, > but their installation programs complain about the partitioning table > Mandrake created, and cannot solve that without too much tinkering. A > pity... >
When I first installed 8.2 I did have many stability problems. These machines were a Dell Inspiron 3500 (MObile PII/333), Athlon 950 w/Biostar M7VKE, and this AMD K6/500. The Inspiron issues were constant lockups with/without X. The machine was completely dead. Up until this issue I'd had many 20 Linux crashes in about 5 years, so I knew something was wrong. Anywho, a kernel rebuild took care of all the instability. The Athlon 950 turned out to have a bad stick of 256M PC133 memory. I rebuilt the kernel anyway and now it's been running for two months without a problem. I do reboot this machine on occasion because it generates considerable heat. The AMD K6500 required a kernel rebuild and a complete deletion of all my KDE settings to start working reliably. It appears that the versions of KDE were causing a crash when trying to read my old settings. Some kde processes would consume 99% CPU then crash the machine.
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