From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:51:46 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: Re: Lockups on 2.4.1 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:12:41 -0500, Bill Nottingham said: Bill> David Mosberger (davidm@hpl.hp.com) said: >> Please be more specific when reporting bugs. At the least, >> include (a) what type of machine and (b) what kernel patch you >> were running at the time. Ideally, also describe what you where >> doing at the time and try to get a backtrace with kdb, if >> possible. Bill> 2P BigSur, using UP 010131 kernel, on top of 2.4.1-ac16 Bill> (certainly, this could cause problems). Thanks for the info. I haven't looked at or tried the ac patches, so I don't know whether they are safe for IA-64. Bill> As to what I was doing, in one case, nothing at all, in Bill> another, untarring a tarball. The video shuts off and the Bill> machine is completely dead, which makes diagnosing what Bill> happened difficult (hm, need to find serial cable.) By completely dead you mean that it responded neither on the console nor to network pings? Bill> Since it has happened when I wasn't watching the machine Bill> intently, it's entirely possible it's related to when it turns Bill> off the monitor via DPMS, but that would just be weird. Don't know if that has been tested. Any of the X experts know? I have my Big Sur configured to run OpenGL screen savers as i figured that would be a good way to test long term stability even when I'm not actively using it. No problems so far. --david