Re: 2.4.20 oops

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Mark Hindley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been having continual problems with recent kernels
> (2..4.{18,19,20}) locking up. It usually happens at night when the
> machine is idle. Usually the logs are empty. Sys-Rq produces no
> response. The only option is a total reset.
> 
> It has happened again overnight. Looking in the logs, there is an oops
> late yesterday evening, which I hope is the cause and will help this to
> get nailed.
> 
> K6 200. TX motherboard.
> 
> Let me know if you need any more information.

Yes. Do you have APM/ACPI enabled in the kernel? Could you supply your
.config? Have you tried with 2.4.21-rc2?

> May 14 18:22:23 titan kernel: EIP:    0010:[kfree+63/180]    Tainted: P 

Do you have any proprietary modules loaded, and if so, which ones? Can
you reproduce the hang without this module loaded?

Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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