From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-68998-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1ISfQC-0004O4-9j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:54:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l84KlF3X001067; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:47:15 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l84KfSEN026515 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:41:28 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 30so1584585nfu for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:41:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sEEnhAQiV5hyt09ML7RM5T7mqsSZJCuBgZe/z5n8OcBdT2OBUxNfubnPSy6pJ3W7mhkzhLrhaEcrVmZQs5vzpLL2okRH17B7UjMYY4/qNyulstZsdGZHKrdoLgA512I7SGbYdWc32MuW5FpFiKgqOIuLyGYkACdhS8s+nJOCAwY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=lLYthJpEyQLn1BAsyfu53PB00EmGpq7Pby+w/o70R1fl5pk7VAvMoZy/HYyzhAHeAdPoG3F/Ayy0IPFFiFM20Z2zlO3LRKjLe2lgWCUms3uxk3pEPVOxbz6QcZ5Rt1Vu6UbeoZsLDPXml6uD2YjsYJnxy7St+VF2WAJs7K2HnBc= Received: by 10.86.86.12 with SMTP id j12mr4572865fgb.1188938487345; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:41:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.95.11 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:41:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7bef1f890709041341j351f6bcfr5478360b9263af5f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:41:27 +1000 From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MCE in kernel In-Reply-To: <6dc3c33d0709040842h75b0a4dxf0f7bb6cfb5c3b70@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_11114_25710302.1188938487298" References: <7bef1f890708311808p10174631o47c80e94964cac96@mail.gmail.com> <20070903141357.2820d521@pascal.spore.ath.cx> <7bef1f890709031351g44df6073n1a2d6b49fba22216@mail.gmail.com> <6dc3c33d0709040842h75b0a4dxf0f7bb6cfb5c3b70@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4f8c93b4-bd92-416e-945c-2c54932e6019 X-Archives-Hash: dacad8e0ba8649953509df6a4073300e ------=_Part_11114_25710302.1188938487298 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Thank you. I noticed that when I ran "make oldconfig" on a new kernel, the configs were not what I'd expected. The wrong CPU type was configured. Alan On 9/5/07, Don Jerman <djerman@pobox.com> wrote: > > On 9/3/07, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you. I have solved the problem for now, but live in fear that > there > > is something untoward going in on my hardware. > > > Quite possible. It can also be caused by misconfiguring kernel > drivers. I recently (accidently) selected the ATI agpart driver > instead of the Intel driver. Most drivers correctly detect when their > corresponding device isn't present, but this one gamely tried to > manage the AGP bridge and fouled up memory whenever X started... > > So you may want to review your kernel config and make sure you have > all the devices you're attempting to use. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@gmail.com "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for one non-existent." ---Lord Raleigh (aka John William Strutt), or else his son, ------=_Part_11114_25710302.1188938487298 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Thank you. I noticed that when I ran "make oldconfig" on a new kernel, the configs were not what I'd expected. The wrong CPU type was configured. <br><br>Alan <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Jerman</b> <<a href="mailto:djerman@pobox.com">djerman@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 9/3/07, Alan E. Davis <<a href="mailto:lngndvs@gmail.com">lngndvs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Thank you. I have solved the problem for now, but live in fear that there<br>> is something untoward going in on my hardware. <br>><br>Quite possible. It can also be caused by misconfiguring kernel<br>drivers. I recently (accidently) selected the ATI agpart driver<br>instead of the Intel driver. Most drivers correctly detect when their<br> corresponding device isn't present, but this one gamely tried to<br>manage the AGP bridge and fouled up memory whenever X started...<br><br>So you may want to review your kernel config and make sure you have<br>all the devices you're attempting to use. <br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan <a href="mailto:lngndvs@gmail.com"> lngndvs@gmail.com</a> <br><br>"An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for one non-existent." <br> ---Lord Raleigh (aka John William Strutt), or else his son, ------=_Part_11114_25710302.1188938487298-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list