Problem with linux

[gzf at gbr.msd.ray.com (Jerry Feldman {75562})]

I'm just grasping at straws here. I would suggest you try a few things:
First, go back to an earlier kernel. If you have the sources, say, 2.2.10 or
earlier, try building it with the same configuration. 

Also, I don't think your problem is related to X or graphics since you have
a problem in command line. You could try to crash the system from single
user mode, but that might be a bit harder. 

I would also look at the IRQs you have assigned. You could have an IRQ
conflict. I don't recall what command line utilities are available to list
IRQs, but the KDE control panel has this capability. 

You could also have a board without a driver generating a spurious
interrupt, a bad driver, or whatever. Do the quickest things first, which is
probably booting a backup kernel. 

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