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From: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: need debug suggestions on system freeze
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:16 -0400
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On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:58 -0500, LC Bruzenak wrote:
> * Very soon after this the machine locks up. The above is the last entry
> in the messages log. Only the "caps lock" and some other "lock" icon on
> the keyboard (but not scroll lock) flash, and I have no inbound network
> connection & the screen is blank. I cannot get to a terminal with
> <ALT><F4> . The only option is power cycle.

This is indicative of a kernel panic.  Can you attach a serial console
to the machine in question and boot such that kernel messages go to the
serial console?  (console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0)  And then recreate?

-Eric