Slackware Kernel panic: not syncing: CPU Context corrupt

nguyenhoangvk · 02-15-2008, 04:29 AM

Hi,
I got this error after booting my slackware 12 for several minutes. Very confused.

I tried to reinstall it times and times on different partition but have no success.

Code:

Quote:

dkpw · 02-15-2008, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nguyenhoangvk

Hi,
I got this error after booting my slackware 12 for several minutes. Very confused.

I tried to reinstall it times and times on different partition but have no success.

Code:

Check your RAM is seated properly and maybe check it with a utility CD.

MQMan · 02-15-2008, 07:22 PM

The AMD website has a utility that will "decode" the values printed by the panic message. That might help to diagnose.

Cheers.

nguyenhoangvk · 02-16-2008, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dkpw

Check your RAM is seated properly and maybe check it with a utility CD.

I dont know how to check it, I'm running Windows and Ubuntu, they are working and I think there shouldn't be a RAM error.

@MQMan: Thanks, I'll try it later.

dunric · 02-16-2008, 06:07 AM

New kernels have tickless feature enabled by default and it may have problems with specific hardware combinations.Try to boot with "nohz=off" kernel option. Just add it after image name at lilo prompt. If it would work, store this option in /etc/lilo.conf in append parametr permanently. Don't forget to rerun lilo.
Another option would be to try other kernel builds (generic vs generic-huge , smp vs nosmp).

nguyenhoangvk · 02-17-2008, 08:43 PM

I installed Ubuntu 7.10 lately and used GRUB as boot loader, see my boot options for my Slackware image.

Code:

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro vga = 733
savedefault
boot

I edited the second line to:

Code:

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro vga = 733 nohz = off
savedefault
boot

But the problem remains, systen hangs after 3 minutes.

nguyenhoangvk · 02-18-2008, 03:23 AM

@dunric:
Hi bro,
Options 'generic-huge' worked ! Thanks. Btw, what does this option mean ? Does it effect to something ?