Re: Problem origin identification

From: David Curry (dsccable_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/27/05

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    Jim Cornette wrote:

    > David Curry wrote:
    >
    >> A question for the more experienced and expert fedora users.
    >>
    >> I have encountered several minor, but somewhat unconvenient
    >> (sometimes irritating), problems while running FC2. Some of them
    >> surfaced on first boot after installation. Others surfaced later as
    >> I broadened use of the system. In several instances, the problems
    >> appeared to lessen or disappear with kernel and other upgrades. On
    >> occasion, critical failures occured promptly following some updates
    >> as with initial installation of kernel-2.6.10-1.14_FC2.
    >>
    >> While my system froze up twice in succession shortly after
    >> introduction of the .14 kernel, I am more and more suspicious that
    >> Gnome and/or its sound applications are contributing factors if not
    >> the outright cause of those freezeups. There is also some basis for
    >> suspecting X.org.
    >>
    >> Some guidance on how best to pinpoint the source(s) of system
    >> freezeups would be helpful.
    >>
    >
    > I'm guessing that you have a computer that has an Intel 865G video
    > card, I however have no idea without knowing what hardware is
    > utilized on your computer. If you do happen to have the Intel 865G
    > video card, FC2 crashed randomly for me also. Even FC3 install worked
    > better than FC2 did and the lockups were no longer present with FC3.
    >
    > Enough of that, my guess is probably far fetched, but upgrading to FC3
    > might be your answer to get rid of the lockups.
    >
    > Good luck,
    >
    > Jim
    >
    Thanks for responding, Jim.

    Actually, my system hardware consists of a Gigabyte GA-7VAX mobo with
    onboard sound chips and 256Mb ram, ATI Radeon 7000 AGP video card,
    compaq MV400 monitor, 80GB WD harddrive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, 3.5" floppy, HP
    Lj6L (parallel connector), and HP d135 multifunction OfficeJet (usb
    connector).

    Prior to installing FC2, I was running RH8 on the same system X the HP
    6L and with a different hard drive and monitor. System freeze ups also
    occurred running RH 8 with the same mobo and video card but different
    harddrive and monitor.

    The system froze up again running the 10-1.14FC2 kernel sometime between
    04:00 and 10:00 hours. The system log shows nothing between 01:52:12
    hours (localhost su(pam_unix)[24779] session closed for user root) and
    10:06:11 hours (localhost syslogd 1.4.1:restart) when I discovered the
    freeze up.

    Maillog entries exist for shortly after 04:00 hours as follows:

    Feb 26 04:02:03 localhost sendmail[25170]: j1Q923W2025170: from=root, size=3090, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200502260902.j1Q923W2025170@localhost.localdomain>, relay=root@localhost
    Feb 26 04:02:03 localhost sendmail[25172]: j1Q923RN025172: from=<root@localhost.localdomain>, size=3398, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200502260902.j1Q923W2025170@localhost.localdomain>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
    Feb 26 04:02:03 localhost sendmail[25170]: j1Q923W2025170: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=33090, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (j1Q923RN025172 Message accepted for delivery)
    Feb 26 04:02:05 localhost sendmail[25173]: j1Q923RN025172: to=<root@localhost.localdomain>, ctladdr=<root@localhost.localdomain> (0/0), delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=local, pri=33637, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

    Checking the X.org X11 log shortly after system restart disclosed three,
    recent red-flagged exceptions. (Unfortunately, no time readings are
    associated with X11 log entries.) The first read "drmOpenDevice: Open
    failed". A few messages later two consecutive flagged messages read,

    drmOpenDevice: Open failed
    [drm]failed to load kernel module "agpgart"

    On a prior occasion, a system freeze up with the 10-1.14FC2 kernel was
    immediately preceded by display of a dialogue box advising that Gnome
    volume control on the panel has failed unexpectedly and asked if it
    should be restarted. I chose NO and the system froze almost immediately. 

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