Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 12/31/05, Mark v Wolher wrote: > >>Jesper Juhl wrote: >> >>>On 12/31/05, Mark v Wolher wrote: >>> >>> >>>>g'morning ! >>>> >>>>the memtest86 went 40 times over the memory, no errors detected. >>>> >>> >>>Give memtest86+ a spin (http://www.memtest.org/) as well. memtest86 is >>>good, but I've found in the past that memtest86+ sometimes finds >>>errors that memtest86 does not, so giving both a sin fo an extended >>>period of time is usually a good idea. >>>Also, make sure you enable all the tests of both tools. >> >>Hi Jesper, >> >>Oh i thought they were the same, i used memtest86+ which comes with >>debian and not the "older" memtest86. >> >>Right now i booted the kernel with nomce since one never knows with dell > > > Surpressing MCE's (Machine Check Exceptions) is a really bad idea > usually. MCE's indicate a hardware problem, so unless it's known that > a certain MCE is reported wrongly they should *not* be ignored. Hi Jesper, Yes, i rather not disable it, but since i found some reports also related to dell machines which somehow do not follow always the standard this caused false exceptions on them. I'll re-enable it, and see if the update of the intel microcode made a difference. I have now only the nv module loaded. If a crash occurs i'll open the box and remove the tvcard. Also, i wonder, i downloaded the DSDT table from the bios and when i recompiled it with IASL from intel it showed 7 errors, one of them related to DMA. It is known that alot of companies like Dell use microsoft compilers which easily skip such errors or not report them, this is what i read. I'm pasting the DSDT errors occured during recompile, who knows, this could also a help a little bit. DSDT Table / Recompile: Intel ACPI Component Architecture ASL Optimizing Compiler version 20050930 [Dec 15 2005] Copyright (C) 2000 - 2005 Intel Corporation Supports ACPI Specification Revision 3.0 dsdt.dsl 338: Notify (\_SB.PCI0.USB0, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0.USB0) dsdt.dsl 351: Notify (\_SB.PCI0.USB1, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0.USB1) dsdt.dsl 364: Notify (\_SB.PCI0.USB2, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0.USB2) dsdt.dsl 377: Notify (\_SB.PCI0, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0) dsdt.dsl 384: Notify (\_SB.PCI0.PCI4, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0.PCI4) dsdt.dsl 400: Notify (\_SB.PCI0.ISA.KBD, 0x02) Error 1061 - Object does not exist ^ (\_SB.PCI0.ISA.KBD) dsdt.dsl 1784: Device (DMA) Error 1094 - ^ syntax error, unexpected PARSEOP_DMA, expecting PARSEOP_NAMESEG or PARSEOP_NAMESTRING ASL Input: dsdt.dsl - 3096 lines, 93624 bytes, 515 keywords Compilation complete. 7 Errors, 0 Warnings, 0 Remarks, 53 Optimizations ==== LSUSB: Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0d8c:0001 C-Media Electronics, Inc. Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 003: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500/1000/1500 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 ===== cat /proc/meminfo: MemTotal: 512548 kB MemFree: 10684 kB Buffers: 17252 kB Cached: 221508 kB SwapCached: 10120 kB Active: 355392 kB Inactive: 49652 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 512548 kB LowFree: 10684 kB SwapTotal: 4883680 kB SwapFree: 4739048 kB Dirty: 132 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 347756 kB Slab: 49344 kB CommitLimit: 5139952 kB Committed_AS: 635544 kB PageTables: 2108 kB VmallocTotal: 515796 kB VmallocUsed: 25556 kB VmallocChunk: 486608 kB ===== cat /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 2392.630 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr bogomips : 4791.93 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 2392.630 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr bogomips : 4784.99 processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 2392.630 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 3 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr bogomips : 4785.12 processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 2392.630 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 3 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr bogomips : 4785.12 ===== lspci -v: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7505 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [40] #09 [0104] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7505/E7205 PCI-to-AGP Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff Capabilities: [60] #0e [0035] 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7505 Hub Interface B PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fe300000-fe6fffff 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 I/O ports at ff80 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 I/O ports at ff60 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at ff40 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at fe700800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] #0a [2080] 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: fe100000-fe2fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f8000000-f80fffff 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at I/O ports at I/O ports at I/O ports at I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Memory at 30000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at cc80 [size=32] 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at c800 [size=256] I/O ports at cc40 [size=64] Memory at fe700400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512] Memory at fe700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34GL [Quadro FX 500/600 PCI] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ba Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 21 Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at fd000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0 0000:02:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at fe3ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device. 0000:02:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=48 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe6fffff Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device. 0000:02:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at fe3fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device. 0000:02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=02, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=64 Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device. 0000:03:0d.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269 (rev 02) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. Ultra133TX2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 I/O ports at ecf8 [size=8] I/O ports at ecf0 [size=4] I/O ports at ece0 [size=8] I/O ports at ecd8 [size=4] I/O ports at ecc0 [size=16] Memory at fe5fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Expansion ROM at fe600000 [disabled] [size=16K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1 0000:03:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at fe5c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at ec80 [size=64] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device. Capabilities: [f0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- 0000:05:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012c Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 4 Memory at fe1ff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Memory at fe1f8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 0000:05:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Model SB0100 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 24 I/O ports at dce0 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 0000:05:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at dcd8 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 0000:05:0e.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02) Subsystem: TERRATEC Electronic GmbH: Unknown device 1134 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 Memory at f80ff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] 0000:05:0e.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02) Subsystem: TERRATEC Electronic GmbH: Unknown device 1134 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 Memory at f80fe000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] ==== ver_linux script output: If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux sigma-9 2.6.14.5 #5 SMP Fri Dec 30 19:50:12 CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 3.3.5 Gnu make 3.80 binutils 2.15 util-linux 2.12p mount 2.12p module-init-tools 3.2-pre1 e2fsprogs 1.37 reiserfsprogs line reiser4progs line PPP 2.4.3 nfs-utils 1.0.6 Linux C Library 2.3.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.2 Procps 3.2.1 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 5.2.1 udev 056 Modules Loaded nv ==== results of memtest86+ after 40 passes with all tests enabled: no errors ==== cat /proc/interrupts: CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 0: 501324 492735 492754 492100 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2555 2761 2861 2451 IO-APIC-edge i8042 7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 2369118 2386295 2363140 2356586 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 21 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 13 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ide1 16: 28924 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level eth0 17: 97407 105474 103650 103304 IO-APIC-level bttv0 18: 48 4 0 7 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb4 19: 28880 54020 48433 23791 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide3 20: 6 0 1 0 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb1 21: 398859 319390 317707 425780 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb2, nv 22: 200970 244113 220837 191613 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb3 23: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level Intel 82801DB-ICH4 24: 9460 9468 12491 8706 IO-APIC-level EMU10K1 NMI: 0 0 0 0 LOC: 1978858 1979111 1979110 1979109 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 ==== 2.6.14.5 vanilla kernel .config file see attachment ==== I hope this gives more complete picture of the current running setup.