Re: need debug suggestions on system freeze

Eric Paris
2008-05-09T20:26:16Z

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