[opensuse] memory problem, results in kernel panic
My mainboard has place for two DDR1 memory sticks. I have two identical V-GeN 1GB sticks which should be the max for my mainboard. With one stick in the first slot the computer runs okay. As soon as I insert the second stick in slot number two the booting of openSUSE 13.1, Tumbleweed ends with a kernel panic. Have extracted the text from the photo I made from the information. -------------------------- Hardware name: P4i65GV/P4i65GV, BIOS P2.30 Call trace: try_stack_unwind+0x156/0x170 dump_trace+0x53/0x180 show_trace_log_lvl+0x46/0x50 show_trace_log_lvl+0x51/0xe8 show_stack+0x27/0x50 dump_stack+0x3e/0x4e panic+0x87/0x195 kernel_init+0xd8/0xe0 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30 rest_init+0x70/0x70 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kernel_init+0x0/0xe0 Leftover inexact backtrace: Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xc0200000 (relocation range 0xf7ffdfff Rebooting in 90 seconds .. -------------------------- The strange thing is that e.g. Puppy and even a newly installed Windows 7 on the computer do not have a problems with the 2GB memory and seem to work okay. Not a windows user so i have not tried it fully out but so far I saw no problems. Puppy 5.2 works as expected with an older kernel. Is this a problem with openSUSE or is it caused by the kernel used? Have also tried a fresh install with kernel 3.11.6.4. No luck. With that kernel the machine instantly reboots without any information whats however. Somebody an idea what I should do? -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 and LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 13.1 (i586) Kernel: 3.16.1-45.g8fc81d3-default KDE Development Platform: 4.13.3 23:45pm up 9 days 2:27, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.18, 0.22 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 04/09/2014 20:14, Constant Brouerius van Nidek a écrit :
Somebody an idea what I should do?
run memtest!! (from dvd) jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thursday, September 04, 2014 08:16:23 PM jdd wrote:
Le 04/09/2014 20:14, Constant Brouerius van Nidek a écrit :
Somebody an idea what I should do?
run memtest!! (from dvd)
jdd
Done already. :) Both memsticks are in flawless state -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 and LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 13.1 (i586) Kernel: 3.16.1-45.g8fc81d3-default KDE Development Platform: 4.13.3 01:22am up 9 days 4:04, 4 users, load average: 0.84, 0.48, 0.37 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 04/09/2014 20:24, Constant Brouerius van Nidek a écrit :
On Thursday, September 04, 2014 08:16:23 PM jdd wrote:
Le 04/09/2014 20:14, Constant Brouerius van Nidek a écrit :
Somebody an idea what I should do?
run memtest!! (from dvd)
jdd
Done already. :) Both memsticks are in flawless state
curious. Try exchanging them. How many slots are there? somatime you have to use even or odd slots jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-09-05 01:14 (GMT+0700) Constant Brouerius van Nidek composed:
My mainboard has place for two DDR1 memory sticks. I have two identical V-GeN 1GB sticks which should be the max for my mainboard.
With one stick in the first slot the computer runs okay. As soon as I insert the second stick in slot number two the booting of openSUSE 13.1, Tumbleweed ends with a kernel panic. Have extracted the text from the photo I made from the information.
-------------------------- Hardware name: P4i65GV/P4i65GV, BIOS P2.30
What brand and model machine/motherboard is that? When exactly (within a month) was it made? ...
The strange thing is that e.g. Puppy and even a newly installed Windows 7 on the computer do not have a problems with the 2GB memory and seem to work okay. Not a windows user so i have not tried it fully out but so far I saw no problems. Puppy 5.2 works as expected with an older kernel.
Is this a problem with openSUSE or is it caused by the kernel used? Have also tried a fresh install with kernel 3.11.6.4. No luck. With that kernel the machine instantly reboots without any information whats however.
Somebody an idea what I should do?
I would run memtest several hours, not just one pass, before deciding RAM is not the problem. If you're using the onboard video, RAM is shared between system and video. Check to make sure the mainboard BIOS installed is the latest available. If not, flashing might fix it. It could be your particular motherboard is manifesting signs of a widespread problem of the era when your motherboard was made, explained at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague It's just as important, if not more so, to find and replace bad caps in the power supply as the motherboard. The easier but more expensive option to replacing bad caps is replacing PS and/or motherboard. You could try a still newer kernel than the one in Tumbleweed, from kernel:head or kernel:stable, but it sounds to me more likely a hardware failure given only one OS fails and not others, and the probable age of your puter. If you have an empty slot for a video card, and an unused video card, you might make the problem go away combining them so that RAM would no longer be shared. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Constant Brouerius van Nidek <constant@indo.net.id> [09-04-14 14:15]:
My mainboard has place for two DDR1 memory sticks. I have two identical V-GeN 1GB sticks which should be the max for my mainboard.
With one stick in the first slot the computer runs okay. As soon as I insert the second stick in slot number two the booting of openSUSE 13.1, Tumbleweed ends with a kernel panic.
Try swapping slots with the memory cards. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Friday, September 05, 2014 01:14:33 AM Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
My mainboard has place for two DDR1 memory sticks. I have two identical V-GeN 1GB sticks which should be the max for my mainboard.
With one stick in the first slot the computer runs okay. As soon as I insert the second stick in slot number two the booting of openSUSE 13.1, Tumbleweed ends with a kernel panic. Have extracted the text from the photo I made from the information.
-------------------------- Hardware name: P4i65GV/P4i65GV, BIOS P2.30
Call trace: try_stack_unwind+0x156/0x170 dump_trace+0x53/0x180 show_trace_log_lvl+0x46/0x50 show_trace_log_lvl+0x51/0xe8 show_stack+0x27/0x50 dump_stack+0x3e/0x4e panic+0x87/0x195 kernel_init+0xd8/0xe0 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30 rest_init+0x70/0x70 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kernel_init+0x0/0xe0
Leftover inexact backtrace:
Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xc0200000 (relocation range 0xf7ffdfff Rebooting in 90 seconds .. -------------------------- The strange thing is that e.g. Puppy and even a newly installed Windows 7 on the computer do not have a problems with the 2GB memory and seem to work okay. Not a windows user so i have not tried it fully out but so far I saw no problems. Puppy 5.2 works as expected with an older kernel.
Is this a problem with openSUSE or is it caused by the kernel used? Have also tried a fresh install with kernel 3.11.6.4. No luck. With that kernel the machine instantly reboots without any information whats however.
Somebody an idea what I should do?
Extract the memory stick. Clean both stick contacts and the slots too (Be careful with the Electro Magnetic Discharges. Need to follow the proper ESD procedures), and install both memory sticks again. Sometimes they get dirty or a little bit loose. It makes false contacts giving multiple inconsistent issues. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/04/2014 03:48 PM, Ricardo Chung wrote:
On Friday, September 05, 2014 01:14:33 AM Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
My mainboard has place for two DDR1 memory sticks. I have two identical V-GeN 1GB sticks which should be the max for my mainboard.
With one stick in the first slot the computer runs okay. As soon as I insert the second stick in slot number two the booting of openSUSE 13.1, Tumbleweed ends with a kernel panic. Have extracted the text from the photo I made from the information.
-------------------------- Hardware name: P4i65GV/P4i65GV, BIOS P2.30
Call trace: try_stack_unwind+0x156/0x170 dump_trace+0x53/0x180 show_trace_log_lvl+0x46/0x50 show_trace_log_lvl+0x51/0xe8 show_stack+0x27/0x50 dump_stack+0x3e/0x4e panic+0x87/0x195 kernel_init+0xd8/0xe0 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30 rest_init+0x70/0x70 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kernel_init+0x0/0xe0
Leftover inexact backtrace:
Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xc0200000 (relocation range 0xf7ffdfff Rebooting in 90 seconds .. -------------------------- The strange thing is that e.g. Puppy and even a newly installed Windows 7 on the computer do not have a problems with the 2GB memory and seem to work okay. Not a windows user so i have not tried it fully out but so far I saw no problems. Puppy 5.2 works as expected with an older kernel.
Is this a problem with openSUSE or is it caused by the kernel used? Have also tried a fresh install with kernel 3.11.6.4. No luck. With that kernel the machine instantly reboots without any information whats however.
Somebody an idea what I should do?
Extract the memory stick. Clean both stick contacts and the slots too (Be careful with the Electro Magnetic Discharges. Need to follow the proper ESD procedures), and install both memory sticks again. Sometimes they get dirty or a little bit loose. It makes false contacts giving multiple inconsistent issues. ... And follow the advice I got a couple of weeks ago... Run memtest86. The one on Trinity Resource kit is old and funky. get the most recent and use it.
I had 4 8G parts. it took me 3 days to find the bad one, but I did find it. Test the parts one at a time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Bruce Ferrell -
Constant Brouerius van Nidek -
Felix Miata -
jdd -
Patrick Shanahan -
Ricardo Chung