Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010102232435.00abf100@pop.pi.be> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 00:22:51 +0100 From: Greg <gterrie@pi.be> Subject: RE: [suse-axp] SRM manual and 'Machine Check' ?
hi, thx for your respons,
>Well there really isn't enough information to figure it out. My guess is
>you might need to update your SRM.
I got the (latest?) 7.21 version of the firmware from the Compaq site,
containing: SRM 7.2-1; ARC console 5.70; OpenVMS PALcode 1.20-16; Tru64
UNIX PALcode 1.22-18; and the SROM Version is 5.90. I don't really know how
up to date this package is, but "show config" tells me it is dated 6th of
March 2000, so I figured "that it was really up to date"?
>What is the OS?
I'm running SuSE Linux 7.0 for Alpha, using the 2.2.16 kernel and I boot it
with aboot from the SRM console.
>What are you using to install packages?
I use the standard YaST setup tool.
What happens is: Almost every time I try to install some packages, my
screen simply turns blue, showing the message cpu halted error code 7
machine check while in pal mode pc = 18400 kindly it does offer a prompt to
type init at, but still, at other times more garble rolls over the screen
ending with a message to press the HALT key (whatever that may be). Most of
the time it occurs while YaST is updating the configuration files, but
during the first time installation it also happened while copying packages.
Therefore I had to install the default system, and afterwards I added X and
the lot one at a time (often having to retry several times before it got
installed). But things like configuring a soundcard (using SaX) have also
made the error occur. During normal operation however this problem hasn't
occured ?yet?.
Thx for answering,
Gr.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg [mailto:gterrie@pi.be]
> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 15:35
> > To: suse-axp@suse.com
> > Cc: axp-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: [suse-axp] SRM manual and 'Machine Check' ?
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to the Alpha-world; and therefore lack a lot of basic
> > knowledge on
> > SRM console etc...
> >
> > My problem is: every once in a while -during installation of
> > packages- my
> > DPWau 500 falls back to the SRM console and says:
> >
> > "CPU0 halted
> > Error code 7
> > Machine Check while in PAL-mode
> > PC = 18400"
> >
> > or -without any apparant different situation- it says:
> >
> > "CPU0 halted
> > Error code 7
> > Machine Check while in PAL-mode
> > PC = 18100"
> >
> > I don't have the faintest idea what these error messages
> > mean. Can somebody
> > tell me what they mean? Rebooting and fsck-ing my hdd is
> > getting to be a
> > real drag :-(
> >
> > Is there a good manual on the SRM console, explaining what it
> > does and how
> > it does it? The doc's I found all explain configuration of a
> > few specific
> > items, but I would like something more elaborate, explaining
> > Error messages
> > and the likes...
> >
> > Thx.
> > Gr.
> >
> >
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