Total lockup with 2.4.14

Total lockup with 2.4.14

[Anthony Campbell]

I've had 3 total lockups with kernel 2.4.12 and now one with 2.4.14.

I was online at the time, using Acroread on this occasion. No key would
work, nor would the mouse.

This doesn't seem to happen with the Alan Cox patches, so perhaps it is
something to do with VM.


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Re: Total lockup with 2.4.14

[Mike Fedyk]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:29:34PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I've had 3 total lockups with kernel 2.4.12 and now one with 2.4.14.
> 
> I was online at the time, using Acroread on this occasion. No key would
> work, nor would the mouse.
> 
> This doesn't seem to happen with the Alan Cox patches, so perhaps it is
> something to do with VM.
> 

Don't assume that.

The -ac patch includes many more things than just the previous VM.

You should include the Oops, if it did oops.

Also, you should include your .config, and a "lspci -vv" of the affected
system.

Mike

Re: Total lockup with 2.4.14

[Tommi Kyntola]

> > I've had 3 total lockups with kernel 2.4.12 and now one with 2.4.14.
> > 
> > I was online at the time, using Acroread on this occasion. No key would
> > work, nor would the mouse.
> > 
> > This doesn't seem to happen with the Alan Cox patches, so perhaps it is
> > something to do with VM.
> > 
> 
> Don't assume that.
> 
> The -ac patch includes many more things than just the previous VM.
> 
> You should include the Oops, if it did oops.
> 
> Also, you should include your .config, and a "lspci -vv" of the affected
> system.

It would also make sense to make sure it's in fact a kernel lock up.
>From time to time X may lock up _but_ the machine pings and you
can gain access via ssh/telnet and try to fix it by shutting down
X from there...

  Tommi "Kynde" Kyntola      
     /* A man alone in the forest talking to himself and 
        no women around to hear him. Is he still wrong?  */