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On 7/19/19 2:48 PM, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: |
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> Re: [gentoo-user] Black Screen of Death "jdm" <jdm@××××××××××××.uk>, |
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> 19.07.2019, 07:28: |
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> > I have updated firmware line in kernel as this now includes a few extra |
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> > lines so not loading all of the available firmware. |
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> > Thanks for advice and I'll see how I get on. |
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> Can you trigger the crash by (over-)exerting the system? |
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> A few years ago I had a box with 4x4GB of RAM and a similar |
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> crash only occurred during heavy load, say recompiling gcc |
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> with -j 9. Turned out that _two_ of the four RAM modules were |
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> faulty. And statistical evidence led me to the conclusion |
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> that those were only used when the first 8GB were exhausted. |
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> If you can spare the box for a day, boot into memtest and |
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> let it run for at least 12 hours. |
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> s. |
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Also, check if you have cpu isolation turned off in your kernel - when |
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its on causes this type of crash. |
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Bill K. |
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