Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

From: Ken Moffat
Date: Tue Jan 02 2007 - 13:04:57 EST


On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> > it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode.
> > It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode.
>
> A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs 64-bit observation...
>
> See if ACPI exports any temperature readings under /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature
> and if so, keep an eye on them to see if there is an indication of a thermal problem.
>
> ( And if ACPI doesn't, maybe lmsensors can find something.)
>
> cheers,
> -Len

Thanks, but there is nothing there. I never managed to get
lmsensors configured (as in 'calibrated') for the hardware I tried it
on, but I was starting to think about retrying it. But first, I'm
just about to start testing with memtest86+ in case something in the
memory has gone bad.

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