From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTZLU-0007M3-RU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 00:51:52 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTZKu-0007EN-3y for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 00:51:48 -0400 Received: from [194.226.236.116] (helo=ums.usu.ru) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BTZKt-0007Dk-Cm for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 00:51:15 -0400 Message-ID: <40B5779F.5000706@ums.usu.ru> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:07:43 +0600 From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEmu 0.5.5 still freezes my Mandrake Linux References: <200405262308.12058.j.windmeisser@elogix.info> In-Reply-To: <200405262308.12058.j.windmeisser@elogix.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: info@elogix.info, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Jorge wrote: > Hi all, > > I posted some weeks ago that QEmu freezed my linux box (Mandrake) while > installing any windows version, that version was 0.5.4. I've tried 0.5.5 with > the same results. > > I've changed the video drivers NVIDIA to NV > I've started QEmu from the console without starting X > I've tried different Kernels > I've even changed the BIOS to less "aggressive" settings > > But with no results, after some time QEmu freezes everything, keyboard locked, > mouse locked, everything locked. The processor fan goes wild, no matter what > I do. > > Any ideas? You start qemu as a user, not as root? Then it's a kernel or hardware bug, since the kernel should not allow user processes to do such aggressive things. Run memtest86 for at least 6 hours. -- Alexander E. Patrakov