The kernel error messages I'm referencing below as a Fedora 13 problem are very similar to these from recent Fedora 12 kernels: May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [01:00.0] fault addr 0 May 12 16:19:24 deafeng29 kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 07] Next page table ptr is invalid I'll post actual messages from Fedora 13 either very late tonight or tomorrow. Bob Cochran On 05/15/2010 08:57 AM, Robert L Cochran wrote: > Last night I installed Fedora 13 RC2 from the DVD download, and it was > pretty smooth. Some install questions: > > 1. I clicked the checkboxes for all the possible Fedora 13 x86_64 repos. > Is this a problem? > > 2. I had some momentary confusion with what exactly I wanted to install, > and I clicked the radio buttons for 'Web Server' and 'Graphical Desktop' > a few times before settling on 'Graphical Desktop'. I have the > impression, since httpd installed, that at least some of the 'Web > Server' components installed. > > Logging in for the first time after installation also went smoothly. > > I checked the contents of /var/log/messages because I've noticed that > the last 2 Fedora 12 kernel updates seem to send DMA-related error > messages. There can be hundreds of these filling up the log, so rather > than use the latest 2.6.33 kernel I'm using Fedora 12 with an older > 2.6.31.12-174 kernel that doesn't trigger off the error messages. > > Anyhow the 2.6.33 kernel installed under Fedora 13 does produce these > DMA error messages. There are dozens of them and I can see them growing > to hundreds of thousands of messages in the course of a day. Later > tonight or tomorrow, I will try to file a bug -- it has been a long time > since I've used Bugzilla. > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran > > -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test