RE: General Protection Fault-I forgot

[Brian Patterson <BrianPatterson affina com>]

I had a similar problem on a PC that used a AMD processor.  I eventually
upgraded the processor on the machine and the problem went away.  I always
assumed it was a bad CPU.

- Brian Patterson


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bradley D. Johnson [SMTP:johnson mail coastal udel edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:51 AM
> To:	redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject:	General Protection Fault-I forgot
> 
> 
> 
> I forgot to mention that it does not seems to matter what we do with the
> computer in the short time that it stays alive.  For instance, if we boot
> and let the computer sit at the text login screen, it will crash in 6-15
> minutes.
> 
> Also, we disables APM in the BIOS--to no avail.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Bradley D. Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Hi All:
> > 
> > My friend and I are having some trouble with a Redhat 6.1 install.
> > Between us we have only done about five installations--so we are
> relative
> > newbies.
> > 
> > Heres the computer:
> > PII with a 266 processor,  128 Megs of RAM, two 10 Gig drives.
> > 
> > The problem:
> > After booting, the computer seems to work well (including X11); but it
> > only works for a short time before it crashes with a General Protection
> > Fault. Naturally the system locks up and a hard reboot is necessary
> then.
> > We timed the occurrence of this crash, and it happens between 6 minutes
> and
> > 15 minutes after booting.
> > 
> > We tried:
> > We disabled gpm.  We removed one 64 Meg SIMM(we wondered if it might be
> > flaky).
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the computer will not stay alive long enough for us to
> copy
> > the screens of garbage that occur with the crash.  The beginning of the
> > mesage reads,'general protection fault :6cb4.'
> > 
> > I am at a loss here, and we would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Brad
> > 
> >
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> > johnson coastal udel edu		 Coastal Research
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