[TriLUG] Alpha Lockups

[P. L. Charles Fischer]

At 10:57 PM 11/8/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:47:21PM -0500, P. L. Charles Fischer spoke thusly:
>> I have a Compaq XP1000 (500MHz 21264 chip) that runs Tur64 UNIX and Windows
>> NT without any problems.  When I try to run RedHat 7.1 the system runs for a
>> few minutes to most of a day, then locks up.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>
>First up, have you applied all the errata fixes?

  No, the system locks before I have a chance.
>
>Does is always lock up at about the same time?


  No, sometimes I am running X, other times it is waiting for a text login.

>
>Is it a hard lock (can't switch virtual consoles)? 

  It is a hard lock.  I can not switch virtual consoles, and the system does
  not reply to pings.

>
>What do the logfiles say about the times when it locks up?

  I have not looked yet (my bad).  After the last crash it will not fsck,
  so I am going to reload.  This would be a good time to try another version
  if I had an idea of which one to try.

>


Thanks
Charles Fischer
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