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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Please help : trap with null curproc! ... panic: page fault
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 21:49:12 GMT
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In article <44ujde$sgg@nntp.nationalnet.com>, jean@nationalnet.com (Jean Laganiere) writes:
> Oct 4 12:05:41 karl kernel: trap with null curproc!
> Oct 4 12:05:41 karl kernel: trap type 12 code 0x0 eip 0xf0014b43 cs 0x8 eflags$
> Oct 4 12:05:41 karl kernel: panic: page fault
>
> What is going on?
> What should I do to resolve this problem?
First, make sure you have all of the patches applied (see ftp.bsdi.com,
/bsdi/patches).
Next, you may have a bad motherboard (this problem almost always means you
have a motherboard problem - I've seen a few reports of it happening during
PPP option negotiation, which is why I suggest you make sure you have all of
the patches applied).
Try turning off the external cache - that may fix it. If not, I'd suggest
trying a different brand of motherboard (you should be able to re-use your
CPU chip, RAM, and expansion cards) and see if that helps. If you're using
a PCI motherboard on a non-Pentium system or a PCI+VLB or PCI+EISA mother-
board on a Pentium system, I'd suggest trying a VLB board (non-Pentium) or
a PCI+ISA (only) (Pentium) board. The combo boards seem to have more prob-
lems than the more "vanilla" ones.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
+1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)