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Old 02-18-2004, 08:02 PM   #1
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2.6.3 + nforce2 = random system freeze

Im getting random system freezes. It has happend in the console so i know its not X etc.

About once per hour, perhaps it has something to do with forcedeth ?

Just trying to see if anyone else has this problem so we can figure it out.
 
Old 02-25-2004, 05:24 AM   #2
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Same problem (but it is in X). Fedora+2.6.3+nForce2+fglrx-glc22-3.2.8.
 
Old 02-25-2004, 11:19 AM   #3
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Mine will do in in X also, so we are likly to be experiencing the same problem. Ive just decided to wait until 2.6.4
 
Old 02-25-2004, 02:20 PM   #4
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Got the same problem in slack , but it only happens when im downloading something.
 
Old 02-25-2004, 04:06 PM   #5
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Perhaps forcedeth is to blame, anyone tried compiling without it and using a different nic?
 
Old 02-25-2004, 08:45 PM   #6
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I'm not using the nforce nic.
Last edited by G-fahmah; 02-25-2004 at 09:20 PM.
 
Old 02-25-2004, 10:37 PM   #7
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/me waits for 2.6.4, post your results with that when it comes out to this thread, i will do the same
 
Old 03-03-2004, 07:42 AM   #8
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Sorry for being away so long...
I tried to use my system without X - the same, it freezed suddenly. But when I turned back to 2.4.25+preemtible patch, with X and nvnet, it freezed also! Maybe, preemptibility?
I'll try old conf (2.6.3) without forcedeth today.
 
Old 03-03-2004, 12:10 PM   #9
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Hi I also had this problem. I have a Asus A7NX8 nforce 2 mobo and I'm also running Gentoo with gentoo-sources 2.4.22-r7. The following radom systems freezes is a known bug with some nforce 2 mobos. Anyway here is how I fixed it, I'm using grub so on my kernel line i added this acpi=off nolapic noapic. Now my system is running just fine. This website also has some more info about the problem http://atlas.et.tudelft.nl/verwei90/nforce2/index.html
I hope this helps
 
Old 03-12-2004, 03:08 AM   #10
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Ive tried 2.6.4 now, and im getting the same problem, only this time the freeze's quicker, many times I cant even get done booting before it freezes.

looking into it..
 
Old 03-12-2004, 03:25 AM   #11
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Its a known issue with the nforce2 chipset I believe. Try adding:

noapic nolapic acpi=off

to your boot line in grub.conf or lilo.conf. Its working for me.
 
Old 03-12-2004, 03:26 AM   #12
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I had the same problem on an NForce2 based box. I ended up disabling APIC support and the box has been fine since. I'm using the nvnet module on 2.4.24, everthing else is stock.

cheers

Jamie...
 
Old 03-12-2004, 03:33 AM   #13
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YES i cant believe ppl posted back this quick at this hour...

disabling apic in the kernel has solved my problem! i think...

dont think this will slow me down eh? no biggie tho. really happy with a 2.6 stable system

thanks
 
Old 03-12-2004, 04:33 AM   #14
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The APIC only changes how you handle your interrupts, I wouldn't expect to see any performance differences - I never have.

As for replying "at this hour" - It was 09:26 in my timezone

Jamie...
 
  


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