[coLinux-devel] Re: Crashing 0.6.2 version (kmodule crashes the machine)

[Antwerpen, G. v. <ger...@tn...>]

>=20I=20would=20like=20to=20help,=20but=20there's=20simply=20not=20enough=20=
information...
>=20
>=20It=20seems=20some=20people=20are=20complaining=20about=20the=20install=
er=20not=20
>=20"installing"=20things=20right.=20As=20I=20always=20make=20my=20own=20b=
uild,=20I=20
>=20can't=20be=20sure=20of=20this.

Before=20installing=20the=20new=20one,=20I=20removed=20the=20complete=20"c=
olinux"
directory.

>=20A=20lot=20of=20things=20can=20go=20wrong=20with=20mixing=20different=20=
colinux=20versions.
>=20
>=20One=20is=20that=20sometimes=20windows=20decides=20to=20not=20unload=20=
the=20
>=20colinux=20driver,=20so=20the=20only=20safe=20way=20is=20to=20do=20a=20=

>=20"colinux-daemon=20--remove-driver",=20reboot=20and=20"colinux-daemon=20=

>=20--install-driver"=20with=20the=20right=20version.

I=20did.=20It=20does=20not=20help.

>=20Checking=20before=20the=20install=20with=20"colinux-daemon=20
>=20--status-driver"=20if=20it=20is=20unloaded,=20can=20also=20help=20(to=20=
be=20really=20sure).
>=20
>=20Using=20different=20vmlinux=20names=20for=20each=20version=20can=20als=
o=20
>=20assure=20us=20that=20the=20right=20kernel=20is=20being=20loaded.

I=20did.=20Does=20not=20help.
=20
>=20Other=20than=20that,=20only=20some=20other=20tips:
>=20
>=20If=20it=20happens=20after=20the=20udev=20message,=20have=20you=20tried=
=20to=20
>=20remove/disable=20udev?

I=20have=20put=20some=20extra=20info=20in=20the=20rc.sysinit.
It=20is=20not=20udev=20that=20crashes=20the=20machine.
Fedora=20uses=20the=20"kmodule"=20command=20in=20its=20rc.sysinit.
This=20is=20the=20command=20that=20crashes=20the=20machine!!!!

>=20Have=20you=20tried=20downloading=20another=20image=20to=20test=20if=20=
it's=20not=20
>=20something=20in=20your=20current=20image?=20(so=20we=20could=20check=20=
what=20
>=20programs=20you=20have=20installed=20that=20trigger=20this)
>=20
>=20You=20can=20also=20test=20booting=20with=20initrd.gz:
>=201)=20run=20"cmd.exe"
>=202)=20cd=20to=20the=20colinux=20dir
>=203)=20colinux-daemon.exe=20kernel=3Dvmlinux=20initrd=3Dinitrd.gz=20root=
=3D/dev/ram0
>=204)=20press=20enter=20to=20enter=20the=20console
>=205)=20"halt"=20to=20shutdown=20colinux

This=20works=20correctly.

>=20Have=20you=20tried=20lowering=20the=20ram=20size,=20so=20we=20could=20=
check=20if=20
>=20it's=20not=20some=20memory=20corruption=20in=20the=20colinux=20driver?=


I=20did=20it=20on=20different=20machines=20with=20different=20memory=20siz=
es.
Don't=20see=20differences.

So:=20what=20does=20the=20"kmodule"=20command=20with=20the=20colinux=20ker=
nel=20....

>=20Hope=20this=20can=20help,
>=20~Nuno=20Lucas

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