From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764175AbXJSQag (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:30:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758290AbXJSQaM (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:30:12 -0400 Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:2359 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757711AbXJSQaJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:30:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4718DB8F.3070903@rtr.ca> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:30:07 -0400 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ray Lee Cc: Giangiacomo Mariotti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.23.1 Freezes on GB data transfers References: <12bfabe40710170420m6882ea8eg3b8e6e7db72a0cdd@mail.gmail.com> <2c0942db0710190858n647192d6t270e43b2a3075320@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2c0942db0710190858n647192d6t270e43b2a3075320@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ray Lee wrote: > On 10/17/07, Giangiacomo Mariotti wrote: >> Linux Kernel 2.6.23.1 freezes on GB data transfers. >> >> Pc completely freezed while transferring 4Gb of data from >> dvd(/dev/hdc) to hd(nothing else was happening, cpu general usage at >> 5-6%).Except for this,it has been working flawlessly for 1 day,but >> when I tried to transfer 4Gb of data from the dvd to the hd,after >> having completed 60% of the transfer, the system became completely >> freezed,no keyboard,no mouse,no consoles,nothing, and the Caps Lock >> LED started to blink. > > The blinking Caps lock LED means that your system is Oopsing. Please > try your test again from a console (not from X), and see if an oops > message is printed out. If it is, you'll need to either copy it down > or take a photograph of it with a digital camera, then post the text > of it or post a link to the image. I believe this is now the forth report of blinking-leds lockup with 2.6.23.1. I wonder what's causing it? My system has this as well, totally random, once every day or so. New behaviour since 2.6.23-rc9 (I posted previously about this). Cheers