voorst@wybbs.mi.org (Dale Van Voorst) (06/02/90)
I am running SCO Xenix 2.3.2 on a 286 box and I've been receiving the following message every few days. Trap 000D in system ax=0040 bx=F9C6 cx=0000 dx=0110 si=0018 di=03D4 bp=0392 fl=0286 uds=0018 es=0110 pc=0060:3B93 ksp=0378 prtrap: PANIC: general protection trap The register dump varies somewhat each time. SCO support simply says it's a hardware problem. What I would like to know is what exactly do the different trap types mean. If anyone has a list of the trap types and what they mean it would be very helpful. Any additional input on this particular error message would also be appreciated. Thanks. -- Dale Van Voorst voorst@wybbs.mi.org ..sharkey.cc.umich.edu!wybbs!voorst
erc@lia (Ed Carp) (06/13/90)
In article <239@wybbs.mi.org> voorst@wybbs.mi.org (Dale Van Voorst) writes: >I am running SCO Xenix 2.3.2 on a 286 box and I've been receiving >the following message every few days. > >Trap 000D in system [...] >prtrap: PANIC: general protection trap This is the result of a wild pointer reference in the kernel. I've seen this when the swap area gets trashed. If kernel memory got trashed, it might do the same thing. Make sure that the programs you are running as root aren't trashing memory or disk. -- Ed Carp - N7EKG/6 ercwork@khijol [work] (415) 769-5435/5400 erc@khijol [home] (415) 523-0528 "Let's find a little house in a valley, where the sun's always smiling, The perfect place for you and me -- miles away." -- Basia