From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Madore Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:32:47 +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 I have seen this on a 4P Lion with BIOS 71, as well as with a 2P Big Sur. This is with 2.4.1 kernel and the IA64 patch. I was not running X on either machine. The machines are completely dead when this happens. No response on the console or the network. On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:51:46AM -0800, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 -- Mike Madore Software Engineer TurboLinux, Inc.