From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Barnes Subject: Re: [Bug #13819] system freeze when switching to console Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:24:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20090908102418.673504ae@jbarnes-g45> References: <2ehA7xoGvXL.A.4PB.3eBpKB@chimera> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , Eric Anholt , "ling.ma@intel.com" , Linus Torvalds , Reinette Chatre On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:24:50 +0200 (CEST) "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > of recent regressions. > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > from 2.6.30. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me > know (either way). > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13819 > Subject : system freeze when switching to console > Submitter : Reinette Chatre > Date : 2009-07-23 17:57 (46 days old) So simply switching VTs causes this problem too? Based on your initial description it sounds like a panic (keyboard LEDs were flashing). If it happens at VT switch time you should be able to capture the panic output with netconsole like Linus mentioned. -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center