Re: [LUG] Linux 2.4.19 lockups (Part 2)

[Darren Ward <darren.ward3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This maybe not a linux kernel problem i have seen this when the cpu fan is on 
its way out or full of dust???

Darren Ward 




On Friday 09 August 2002  7:39 pm, you wrote:
> > Well the mystery deepens... Moved a monitor and keyboard to the console,
>
> and
>
> > there was no kernel panic message or something.  I could type in root to
> > login, but it would not prompt me for a password.  And also the logs show
>
> no
>
> > clues.
>
> hmm, i've seen this a number of times on many different kernel versions -
> mostly back in the dodgy 2.4 days though.
>
> > A couple of other pointers, seems Intel Etherlink Express Pro 100 cards
>
> are
>
> > a little unreliable under Linux, though I've never had trouble myself.
>
> absolutly no way at all imho, the eepro100 drivers are probably the most
> stable, fastest, and most well suported in linux, except maybe some of the
> 3com ones.
>
> the eepro1000 (gigabit) ones have a few proelsm with cisco cat's with the
> linux drivers, but this has been fixed in ios 12.1
>
> i take it you are using the open source drivers, and not the intel ones?
>
> i've been using the eepro's for some heavy traffic stuff, running some
> servers with 10 ports on 4 eepro's - these boxes have never given me any
> trouble, in way of network, and they areshifting a *lot* of traffic, and
> have been for a long time (they are primary route sorry servers for our
> ASBR's).
>
> the eepros' go into every server i spec, all of the telehouse servers, and
> all of my house ;)
>
> imo, they are *the* only nic for servers, i've yet to find a decent other
> one that can perform as well under high strain,
>
> ohh, this all applies to the eepro _server_ adapters, not the standard home
> one...
>
> ;-)
>
> > Also
> > on another BBS, someone running a web farm has similar symptoms as well,
>
> his
>
> > summary was "it crashed in userspace, but the kernelspace was still
> > running."
>
> what did ?
>
>  ~ Theo
>
> PS: I'm being forced to use windows right now, ARGHGHGHGGH!
> *bzzzz* of telehouse for the weekend :(
>
>
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