Re: Tao U3 x86_64 new install hangs?

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Pasi Pirhonen wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:27:20PM +0100, Remco Barendse wrote:
>>
>> I just installed 27.301 on the box and can confirm some mystical hangs
>> too, had 2 lockups the last 4 hours or so (I'm compiling stuff on it).
>>
>> Weird....
>
> And you didn't have these before the 2.4.21-27 based kernel?

Correct, when the box was running the kernel from U3 install it wasn't 
hanging. It does seem to be related to activity though. The box has been 
idling since yesterday afternoon and is still running as it should.

Some other weird thing I noticed is that it takes the new kernel 21-27.301 
(and 300) a long time to bring up localhost and the ethernet device. 
Several seconds longer than on any of the other boxes.

> I am just trying to figure out if that actually is the reason. For me
> anything level -25 and over will make my NForce3 unstable. Even tho
> it's providing first time option to boot w/o noapic. It's hanging same
> way even w/ noapic, so it's something in the kernel.
>
> My fix has been running older kernel for that board, but i don't think
> it's working for you as your system isn't quite working with noapic
> efective.

Indeed most devices are giving me problems running the old kernel with 
noapic, cdrom (ide?) access is unstable, neither of the nics will work and 
probably I'll run into more stuff.

I'll try to get kernel 2.6 running on the box and see how that works. 
Maybe a 2.6 kernel from Fedora FC3 will work (a plain vanilla kernel 
wouldn't so far).

Alternatively I can just plug in two additional nics but that will leave 
me without any empty pci slot and probably irq conflicts (teh box will 
have two ISDN cards and the 3Ware 9500 installed).

> I don't know the answer now, but soone or later i'll have to start
> digging this on my NForce3 .......