Re: freeze/crash

semiRocket
2011-10-15T11:38:19Z

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:35:13 +0200, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:

> On 10/14/11 17:53, semiRocket wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:38:46 +0200, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/14/11 07:10, semiRocket wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:51:37 +0200, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:
>>> It always crashes when I access the hardware but the place it crashes
>>> is random.
>>> Maybe you would want to pass those crash logs for debugging purposes
>>> What crash logs?
>>> The kernel locks up, is there a log somewhere?
>>
>>
>> System log under /var/log/messages
>> or command dmesg
>>
>> Also, if you keep your terminal window open crash should pop-up by
>> itself so called "kernel oops". For example see first post in the
>> following link:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/316131/how-do-you-diagnose-a-kernel-oops
> There was no kernel oops, everything just froze.
> dmesg seems to clear when I reboot.

Yes, log is regenerated with reboot.

If everything just froze those pci slot swap seems like a good solution :)
It sounds to me like some hardware problem (maybe dust preventing a good
contact in slot).