[ale] SMP Oops error

[Jim Kinney]

Bad ram.

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Allen, Paula J. wrote:

> This Redhat 6.0 machine freezes in the afternoons after running for several
> hours.  They get the message below on the console.  A search of the "Aiee,
> killing interrupt handler" error message returned some postings with the
> exact same error, with not much in the way of solutions.  Most were SMP
> machines.  The machine has dual Pentuim Pro 200s and it has 256mb RAM.  Any
> advice would be appreciated ..pj
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pham Viet Cuong [mailto:pvc1 at hsph.edu.vn] 
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 9:35 PM
> To: Paula Allen (E-mail)
> Cc: Micheal Linnan (E-mail 2)
> Subject: from HSPH net
> 
> 
> Hi Paula and Mike, 
> 
> 
> We still have the problem with Mail server hang up in the afternoon. This
> morning I found this following messages:
> 
> ----------------
> Kernel 2.2.5-15smp on i686
> mail login : Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer deference at virtual
> address 00000070
> Current -> tcs.ers=00101000, %crs=00101000
> *pde=0000000
> Oops	: 0002
> CPU	: 0
> EIP	: 0010[<d0863e6e>]
> EFLAGS:00010286
> eax:00004000	ebx:0000000e 	ecx:c0592c00	edx: 0000000	
> esi: c0592ef	edi: c0592c48	cbp:c0592c48	esp: c009df24
> ds: 0018	es: 0018	ss: 0018
> Process swapper (pid 0, process nr:1	stackpage: c009d000)
> stack: cb05f000	0000000  ffff0ede  0000003 c0592c48 0000000 ca91f7e0
> 
> Call trace: [<d0863b4c>] [<d08639fh>] [<c01aae4f>] [<c011a0d9>] [<c010b03e>]
> [<c0108c08>]
> 
> Code : f0 ff 4c 70 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 09 52 c8 3d bf 8c ef 83 c4 04
> 
> Aiee, killing interupt handler
> kernel panic : Attempted to kill the idle task
> In Interupt handler - not syncing
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Please have look at this and tell us what your suggestion
> 
> Cuong
>