Thank you for your advices. The problem was not the CPU fan/temperature or IRQ conflicts, it was a RAM memory failure. Solved by append="mem=128M" in lilo.conf, disabling the last 64Megs of memory. No problems after that, with either kernel. Two follow-up questions, though:
1. Using the append feature in lilo.conf, which part of memory is shut off, upper or lower part? 2. Is there any tool for checking RAM memory available? The BIOS does not seem to support memory checking. I've heard of some DOS utility ;-( but what about a linux tool? Gary Sandine writes: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 07:07:57PM -0300, Oliver Schulze L. wrote: > > How about hardware issues? > > Did you check your CPU fan/temperature with lm_sensors? > > > > When Linux freezes, usually is a hardware problem. > > I have also seen freezing when devices are sharing IRQs, while their drivers > can't deal with this; or freezing related to PCI card driver problems. It > might be useful to have a look at /proc/pci, or lspci -vv, and do your best > to eliminate IRQ sharing. Some BIOS allows the user to assign IRQs to PCI > slots; with others, the way to change IRQs is to physically move the cards, > and then choose "Reset Configuration Data" or "Update ESCD" in BIOS. > > Regards, > Gary S. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
