From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262687AbVCaAdQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:33:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262688AbVCaAao (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:30:44 -0500 Received: from www.webclippings.com ([38.144.36.11]:50848 "EHLO allresearch.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262687AbVCaA3o (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:29:44 -0500 Message-ID: <424B446D.6080500@allresearch.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:29:33 -0800 From: Noah Silverman User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Macintosh/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Becker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fw: Hangcheck problem References: <20050330141248.45aada63.akpm@osdl.org> <20050331000006.GB31163@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20050331000006.GB31163@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joel, I'm not specifically loading hangcheck anywhere. I just installed slackware and mysql on the box. Nothing special. -N Joel Becker wrote: >>Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:45:43 -0800 >>From: Noah Silverman >>To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>Subject: Hangcheck problem >> >>I'm been experiencing a weird problem.... >> >>I get endlessly repeated hangcheck errors in my syslog with no explanation: >> >>Mar 30 12:41:43 db kernel: Hangcheck: hangcheck value past margin! >> >> > > A couple questions. First, why are you loading hangcheck? Do >you have an environment where it matters? That said, it would seem that >hangcheck is detecting a system hang. Does your system often pause? Is >it a laptop that is being put to sleep? > > > >>Eventually, after a few weeks, the box will hang. It is pingable, but I >>can't ssh or connect to any servcie. >> >> > > I don't know if the problem is even related to hangcheck. If >you are seeing pauses elsewhere, then it could be that hangcheck is >catching the pauses "properly". > >Joel > > >