Iman Mayes on Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:01:08 -0500 |
What do you mean by "Prior to this"? Were you running a different OS or setup? Iman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Roberts" <fboston@hotmail.com> To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:44 PM Subject: [PLUG] ARGH!!!!!!!!! > Ok folks, Im going to lay it out for you. My linux box is teetering on the > edge of getting thrown out the damn window with this freaking problem. > Lately it's been acting really strange. Randomly just not letting me log on > (the screen goes black, screen saver like, and then never comes back, nor > can i log on remotely through ssh/telnet). Or, it will just crap out in the > middle of a session. Or the kicker is this error message, which seems to > come at no particular time or for any conceivable reason. Brace > yourselves... > > unable to handle kernel null pointer dereference at virtual address > 000000000 > current -> tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr2 = 00101000 > *pde = 00000000 > Oops: 0002 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<c01087e1>] > EFLAGS: 00010246 > eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: c0234000 edx: 00000000 > esi: c0234000 edi: 0000489b ebp: 000058e3 esp: c0235fa4 > ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=c0235000 > Stack c0106000 c0108804 00000000 c0109f58 00000000 00000000 00000001 > 0009b800 > c0106000 000058e3 00000070 00000018 00000018 00000070 c010607b > 00000010 > 00000296 c0236d4f 00000000 c0106000 0fae21d8 c0216cc0 c0100175 > Call trace: [<c0106000>] [<c01088004>] [<c0109f58>] [<c0106000>] > [<c010607h>] > [<c0106000>] [<c0100175>] > Code: 8b 5e 14 e8 7f 8a 00 00 e8 4a 22 01 00 eb b4 b8 00 e0 ff ff > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! > In swapper task - not syncing > > > ------------------------------------------ > > I have not a clue as to what the hell any of this means. I am running a > stock redhat 7.0 system, same kernel 2.2.16-22 on my Athlon 850, 256MB ram, > 2 3c905C 3com ethernet cards... I have reinstalled from discs, completely > formatting partitions, and the same result. I have experimented running > every service imaginable or barebones, and one of the above still takes > place. It even has happened after a very painful upgrade to 8.0. So now I am > back to 7.0 again. Prior to this, the machine worked perfectly with the > exact same hardware setup, so I am at a loss. > > If any of you out there either 1. know what the F this means and would like > to tell me, or 2. just like computers so much that seeing mine fly out the > second story window would be more painful them comical, your assistance > would be much appreciated. My frustration is reaching "Falling Down" > level............... > > Dan Roberts > Villanova School of Law > fboston@hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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