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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1: hangs when logging in to X session
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:31:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071101163138.382e249b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fg4tbq$kum$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:13:37 +0100
Marcus Better <marcus@better.se> wrote:

> Marcus Better wrote:
> > NO_HZ. I will try without it...
> 
> Nope, still the same result.
> 

Restoring the (excessively) trimmed context:

> My laptop hangs when I try to log in to X with the current git kernel
> (commit 2a397e82c7db18019e408f953dd58dc1963a328c). It runs fine with
> 2.6.23. At boot time kdm starts normally, but hangs with the caps lock LED
> blinking immediately after I press Enter after typing the password.
>
> I can log in with a virtual console but didn't do much testing otherwise.
> 
> The system is a Thinkpad R60, Intel Core 2 Duo, x86_64 running Debian.
> Kernel config is attached. A notable change in my config is that I enabled
> NO_HZ. I will try without it...

hanging-with-led-blinking means the kernel oopsed.

Please configure netconsole (Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt) and
see if you can capture the oops on another machine on the LAN.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-01 23:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-29 14:22 2.6.24-rc1: hangs when logging in to X session Marcus Better
2007-10-29 15:13 ` Marcus Better
2007-11-01 23:31   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-11-05  8:55     ` Marcus Better
2007-11-05  9:03       ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-05  9:26         ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-05 16:44           ` Marcus Better

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