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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: need debug suggestions on system freeze
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:45:16 -0400
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On Friday 09 May 2008 16:26:16 Eric Paris wrote:
> > * Very soon after this the machine locks up. The above is the last en=
try
> > 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 netwo=
rk
> > 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. =C2=A0Can you attach a serial con=
sole
> to the machine in question and boot such that kernel messages go to the
> serial console? =C2=A0(console=3DttyS0,9600 console=3Dtty0) =C2=A0And t=
hen recreate?

/me wonders if this is due to fail mode being panic ?

-Steve