From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932158AbVLaLtY (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:49:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932230AbVLaLtY (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:49:24 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.193]:23351 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932158AbVLaLtX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:49:23 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mQLjnOL9P+zbxPtAxy0xsMO6p/uf2OZjgP59YKWZ5f5lRvuo4vS7W1bVTO3FidGjnyGfDrgFs3kEmaag4lFAB17hWAGRuC8BH3HU0L3VJv8Tncki1kEbMZ2zaysHV2e8ymCOvKBzat5z0B+yebuPJJ009n56cu3nc5astqzUlO0= Message-ID: <9a8748490512310349g10d004c7i856cf3e70be5974@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:49:22 +0100 From: Jesper Juhl To: Mark v Wolher Subject: Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing Cc: Alistair John Strachan , Lee Revell , Folkert van Heusden , Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <43B66E3D.2010900@ns666.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <43B53EAB.3070800@ns666.com> <200512310027.47757.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <43B5D3ED.3080504@ns666.com> <200512310051.03603.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <43B5D6D0.9050601@ns666.com> <43B65DEE.906@ns666.com> <9a8748490512310308g1f529495ic7eab4bd3efec9e4@mail.gmail.com> <43B66E3D.2010900@ns666.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html