Does it always happen when you run iptraf? it could be a network driver problem or a network card hardware problem.
a good way to test the board/cpu/hdd and i/o subsystems that i have found is running 10x copies of [EMAIL PROTECTED] at the same time for 24-48 hours, if the machine lasts 24 hours without a hitch then the problem is something else. also make sure the kernel your using was compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3 and not anything else(it shows you in the bootup messages, use 'dmesg' to see the last couple hundred kernel messages) and also make sure your using a stable well tested kernel, in my experience the 2.0.36 kernel is rock solid, and 2.2.10 is quite solid as well. nate On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Peter Ludwig wrote: khan >Just a quick note, I'm starting to wonder about my hardware. For the last khan >few months (since I reloaded the system back to running slink in fact), I khan >have been receiving errors similar to the following message :- khan > khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: Oops: 0000 khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: CPU: 0 khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: EIP: 0010:[con_write+14/40] khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: eax: c018e670 ebx: c19cc000 ecx: khan >c1515f3b khan > edx: 0806596d khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: esi: c19cc000 edi: 0000004f ebp: khan >c1515eec khan > esp: c1515ec0 khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: Process iptraf (pid: 2855, process nr: khan >61, stackpage=c1515000) khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: Stack: 0000004f c19cc000 c0193e33 khan >c19cc000 00000000 c1515eec 0000004f 0000004f khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: 080658f8 c19cc000 c1514000 khan >3b345b1b 1b483535 313b305b 6d313b30 36335b1b khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: 345b1b6d 1b386d34 4733365b khan >5b1b3239 313b3432 5b1b4834 30313b30 335b1b6d khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: Call Trace: [opost_block+343/356] khan >[write_chan+339/564] [tty_write+442/524] [write_chan+0/564] khan >[sys_write+211/264] [system_call+52/56] khan >Dec 24 00:09:31 midnight kernel: Code: ff 74 24 18 53 e8 28 f4 ff ff 89 c6 khan >53 e8 f0 00 00 00 89 f0 khan > khan >Usually, after this happens I loose total control of the system, and the khan >only way to get the system back under control is to do a total reboot of khan >the system. khan > khan >The other fun ones are things that start as :- khan >unable to handle kernel paging request khan > khan >Then the system just dies. I'm wondering if my hardware is faulty? khan > khan >Does anyone have any idea on what might be at fault here? khan > khan >The System has :- khan >- AMD K6/2-233 khan >- Jetway JFE-530TX Motherboard khan >- Adaptec 1542CF SCSI Card khan >- 2xQuantum Empire 1080S (one's with the older firmware, it's baaad!) khan >- 1xSeagate HDD (Not sure of model, it's a full height 5.25" 1.4Gig SCSI) khan >- 32Megabytes of RAM khan >- Kingston Network Card (I think it's the KFE-120TX, but can't remember khan >off the top of my head, it's a 10/100 PCI card...) khan > khan >I have replaced the RAM once already, so I know that is not faulty (the khan >old RAM is running perfectly in my other system). khan > khan >I have also replaced the CPU, that didn't help much. khan > khan >I am running potato now (I upgraded it all the way, just in case I had old khan >packages that hated my system or something <grin>). khan > khan >The only things I'm left with thinking is faulty is the Motherboard, or khan >SCSI card. I have a spare CPU around the place, but I don't have spare khan >motherboard or SCSI card here at the moment (grin). I plan on making khan >another machine, but that's not going to be for a little while yet. khan > khan >Regards, khan > Peter Ludwig khan > khan > khan > khan >-- khan >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null khan > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:06am up 125 days, 18:57, 4 users, load average: 1.85, 1.70, 1.71
