[PLUG] Kernel panic followed after crash of Kmail

[Terry Griffin]

I think that memory test is sufficient.

If you've not done so already, you should power down the box, open it 
up, and check that all of your hard drive cables are firmly connected.

If you get the box up and running again, keep any eye on the log file
(tail -f /var/log/messages). Also, if you observe any strange behavior
then run the dmesg utility and make note of any unusual messages.

Terry

> 
> Hi Terry,
> 
> Further to my email of today I downloaded the ISO image of memtest-86 
> v3.0 and burnt a CD to test the machine in question.  Hereinafter is the 
> test result of 4 pass
> 
> Pentinum II 350.8 MHz
> L1 cache  32K  3438MB/s
> L2 cache  512K  475MB/s
> Memory  128M  210MB/s
> Chipset   i440[bz]x
> Pass
> Testing:  96K - 128 K  128M
> Pattern :: fffffff/0000000
> 
> WallTime :  1:35:40
> Cached :  128M
> Rsvd Mem :  64K
> MemMap :  e820-Std
> Cache :  off
> ECC:  off
> Test :  Std
> Pass :  4
> Errors :  0
> EccErrs :  0
> 
> I could not discover any error.  Kindly advise whether I have to perform 
> an advanced test.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Stephen Liu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Terry Griffin wrote:
> 
> >This has the distinct smell of a hardware problem. First I
> >suggest checking that all of your hard drive cables are
> >firmly connect, and that your memory and CPU are firmly
> >seated. Then run the memory test program found here:
> >
> >	http://www.memtest86.com/
> >
> >Terry
> >
> >On Sunday 22 September 2002 08:43 pm, Stepen Liu wrote:
> >
> >>Hi All Folks,
> >>
> >>RH7.3
> >>Grub
> >>
> >>In viewing incoming mails on Kmail following warning pop-up
> >>
> >>File I/O Error- KMAIL <2>
> >>Could only read 0 bytes of 5573
> >><OK>
> >>
> >>Clicking <OK> without response and KMail closed automatically.
> >>
> >>Clicking Kmail icon to restart it without success and the machine hanged.
> >>Pressing <Crtl>+<Alt>+<Del> without response.
> >>
> >>Force-rebooted the machine.  It started to boot and hanged on
> >>"Try passing init=option to kernel"
> >>
> >>Kindly advise how to start the machine and rectify these 2 problems.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>Stephen Liu
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Terry Griffin <griffint at pobox.com>
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