Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 04:14, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > fourth, check your board and cards for 'funny looking' condensators - > > like deformation, round tops, or even some brown 'dirt' at their base. > > This I think will be hard for him, Volker, as I believe he's running a > laptop. In tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-19 Thread Dave Nebinger
well, at first, let memtest86(+) run for some hours. Volker's got a good point here... second, check that your box does not get too hot. Crashes on stress are mostly overheating or PSU going bad. Mentioned that to him about the heat... Kris, were you able to get lm_sensors running on the b

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 00:56, Kris Kerwin wrote: > Dave, > > Yup. Had a feeling that you might be right about that one. > > It seems that the computer will still crash, but certainly not as often. My > guess: there is a bigger problem that is aggravated when the computer is > under more stres

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-19 Thread Kris Kerwin
Dave, Yup. Had a feeling that you might be right about that one. It seems that the computer will still crash, but certainly not as often. My guess: there is a bigger problem that is aggravated when the computer is under more stress; ie: tracking excessive amounts of kernel complaints, etc. I'v

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-18 Thread Dave Nebinger
Before the crash, the following three lines appeared (in this order) nearly 53,000 times for a total of 16MB of text: Sep 17 13:45:51 kerwin [4314362.567000] ip_local_deliver: bad skb: PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN LOCAL_OUT POST_ROUTING Sep 17 13:45:51 kerwin [4314362.567000] skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Kris Kerwin
Alright! Thanks to Jonathan Wright and his program, I think that I may have found something. See what you guys think: Before the crash, the following three lines appeared (in this order) nearly 53,000 times for a total of 16MB of text: > Sep 17 13:45:51 kerwin [4314362.567000] ip_local_deliver:

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Jonathan Wright
Kris Kerwin wrote: Thanks Jonathan. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm not a bash or any other programmer, and was wondering if this would work. And how might I code that while loop? Actually - the while loop was fine. I wrote that line and thought I can't do that! I'll have to look it up

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Dave Nebinger
1) The problem appears to be independant of the kernel version, as I've had it occur on a 2.6.10 and 2.6.12 kernel. 2) How might I check for flakey hardware? I would guess hardware problem (unless 3 applies below), but actually finding the errant component can be quite a task. For a desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Kris Kerwin
Thanks Jonathan. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm not a bash or any other programmer, and was wondering if this would work. And how might I code that while loop? Thanks again, all, for your help. Kris On Saturday 17 September 2005 14:10, Jonathan Wright wrote: > Kris Kerwin wrote: > > I'v

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Kris Kerwin
Thanks Dave. 1) The problem appears to be independant of the kernel version, as I've had it occur on a 2.6.10 and 2.6.12 kernel. 2) How might I check for flakey hardware? 3) I have had my BIOS respond after 3 crashes that the computer crashed due to excessive heat. I think that this maybe inde

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Jonathan Wright
Kris Kerwin wrote: I've tried catting the output from dmesg and running it regularly with crontab, as was advised below. This, unfortunately doesn't work because cron can only run as often as once a minute. This means that if a crash happens in between these dmesg snapshots, the debugging infor

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Dave Nebinger
I've been experiencing some random kernel crashes, and need a way of finding out what happened. Kris, I'd start by answering the following: 1. What version of the kernel are you using? Your OP is quite old, and many releases of the kernel have come out since then. Have you tried a newer ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-17 Thread Kris Kerwin
All, I apologize for getting back so late. It's tough being a college student. ;-) Thanks to Arturo and gentux for helping out so far. I've tried catting the output from dmesg and running it regularly with crontab, as was advised below. This, unfortunately doesn't work because cron can only ru

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-07 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > You may snapshot dmesg's output in a timely manner, ala crontab. Additionally, you my wish to play with the log_buf_len kernel parameter: log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-07 Thread gentuxx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kris Kerwin wrote: >Hey all, > >I've been experiencing some random kernel crashes, and need a way of finding >out what happened. > >I can't find any information in /var/log/lastlog or >in /var/log/messages.*.bz2. > >Is there any way that I can monitor

Re: [gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-07 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kris Kerwin wrote: > Is there any way that I can monitor kernel messages during a crash and > recover > this information on the next boot? You may snapshot dmesg's output in a timely manner, ala crontab. - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - www.buanzo.

[gentoo-user] Random Kernel Crashes ... Need more info

2005-09-07 Thread Kris Kerwin
Hey all, I've been experiencing some random kernel crashes, and need a way of finding out what happened. I can't find any information in /var/log/lastlog or in /var/log/messages.*.bz2. Is there any way that I can monitor kernel messages during a crash and recover this information on the next