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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:22:28
Message-Id: 20180705191208.GA3931@ACM
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system by Alan Mackenzie
1 On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 19:18:25 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
2 > Hello again, Dale.
3
4 > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:23:14 -0500, Dale wrote:
5
6 > > To, OP.  I was hoping you found a solution.  Maybe you will at some
7 > > point,  You have certainly eliminated a lot of potential causes.  I
8 > > can't recall if you have or not, have you tried a different version of
9 > > the kernel?  In the past, I've upgraded to a new kernel and it be
10 > > buggy.  I go back to a older version until I see a new update then try
11 > > again.  Generally it works.  Don't know if it was a kernel bug or just
12 > > some stray code that something didn't like but . . .
13
14 > I've been running on my (no longer quite so) new box since about last
15 > August. I don't recall crashes from that long ago, though that could be
16 > to do with my memory.
17
18 > I've just configured and build a 4.17.0 kernel (thanks for the
19 > suggestion!), having previously been running on 4.15.15 for quite some
20 > time. Maybe this will help. We'll see.
21
22 I was about to post saying my problem appeared solved. But not ten
23 minutes ago, my system hung for the first time with it's 4.17.0 kernel.
24 :-(
25
26 It's annoying, and unsettling, but living with it might be the least
27 worst option.
28
29 > > Dale
30
31 > > :-)  :-) 
32
33 --
34 Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).