hald and machine check exception errors

[Doug Goldstein]

Alex Moore wrote:
> Whenever I try to start hald, my system displays some "Machine Check 
> Exception" errors on the console and then locks up, requiring a power cycle.
>
> I don't know if this is problem is actually caused by hald, or just 
> something that only shows up when hald runs. However, the system appears to 
> function just fine so long as hald is not started.
>
> If anyone can provide any insight into why this might be happening, or what 
> the next steps should be to investigate it further, it would be much 
> appreciated. There don't seem to be any related entries in any of the system 
> log files.
>
> Here is some info on the system configuration (if I have omitted something 
> that would be useful, just let me know!):
>
> Hardware
> -----------
> CPU: Intel QX6700 (2.66 GHz Core 2 Quad Extreme)
> Motherboard: Abit IN9 32X-MAX (nForce 680 SLI chipset)
>
> Software
> ----------
> OS: Gentoo Linux 2007.0, (have tried with both 2.6.19 and 2.6.20 kernels)
> Arch: amd64 (multilib)
> hal: versions 0.5.7.1 and 0.5.9 both result in the same error
> udev: 104
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>   
Biggest question from me is going to be what exact kernels..
gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources, etc. Also, do you have the PnP stuff
enabled in your kernel.