Re: 2.6.15-mm1 - locks solid when starting KDE (EDAC errors)

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 01:25:22AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
 > On 1/6/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
 > > Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > >  Reverted that one patch, then rebuild/reinstalled the kernel
 > > >  (with the same .config) and booted it - no change. It still locks up
 > > >  in the exact same spot.
 > > >  X starts & runs fine (sort of) since I can play around at the kdm
 > > >  login screen all I want, it's only once I actually login and KDE
 > > >  proper starts that it locks up.
 > >
 > > Oh bugger.  No serial console/netconsole or such?
 > >
 > > Or are you able log in and then quickly do the alt-ctrl-F1 thing, see if we
 > > get an oops?
 > >
 > I switched to tty1 right after logging in, and after a few seconds
 > (corresponding pretty well with the time it takes to hit the same spot
 > where it crashed all previous times) I got a lot of nice crash info
 > scrolling by.
 > Actually a *lot* scrolled by, a rough guestimate says some 4-6 (maybe
 > more) screens scrolled by, and since the box locks up solid I couldn't
 > scroll up to get at the initial parts :(  So all I have for you is the
 > final block - hand copied from the screen using pen and paper
 > ...
 > It never makes it to the logs, and as mentioned previously I don't
 > have another machine to capture on via netconsole or serial, so if you
 > have any good ideas as to how to capture it all, then I'm all ears.

If only someone did a patch to pause the text output after the first oops..

Oh wait! Someone did!

		Dave