From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758950AbYDLBAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756090AbYDLBAB (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:01 -0400 Received: from n59.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([98.136.44.43]:43804 "HELO n59.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755975AbYDLBAA (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:00 -0400 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-5 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 770699.7911.bm@omp504.mail.sp1.yahoo.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.br; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=GHr2YXyjhPA4/D5VjWwdm7N6+pIZhUMpvHqa0RAZ8JizXK0hL8iiiRm00DwFvwjMR9AqD7fiw7j6qsDJhi22eAOPB3+eeI2PiGLKjNAjAyCcitJMQJBOYEd2OjOY0oW5H303O87DvMg5SCkuWnLWdCxfvK/x9aSRmTNnsrfwRMA=; X-YMail-OSG: _GAH5QgVM1miiig4aHtSQXQXU.0fWl_06RtK9DHplvxOQ.nvLgB2tfUgPToI5kOCrA-- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:59:59 -0300 (ART) From: Luis Sousa Subject: Re: sata io freeze, 2.6.18 and also 2.6.24 To: Luis Sousa , Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <611220.91904.qm@web46005.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Luis Sousa escreveu: > --- Luis Sousa escreveu: > > > > --- Luis Sousa escreveu: > > > > > --- Jeff Garzik escreveu: > > > > > > > Luis Sousa wrote: > > > > > I've been having consistent hard system freezes for a > > > > > long time, every 2 days or so, and finally decided to > > > > > move to the most recent stable kernel. Unfortunatelly > > > > > that didn't fix it. The freezes seem to be io-related; > > > > > they started since I moved my drive to sata. They seem > > > > > to happen mostly when there's an io-intensive operation, > > > > > like extracting a big archive; a reboot is needed. > > > > > > > > We need more info, namely full 'dmesg', 'lspci -v', and your kernel config. > > > > > > > > Also, make /sure/ you are not running closed-source modules known to > > > > crash the system, like ndiswrapper or nvidia graphics driver. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > I'm quite sure. > > It seems I have a failing RAM problem. > I'll try fixing that and if it still keeps crashing, I'll be in touch. > > -- > Luis Sousa OK, it's definitely not the RAM; I tried three new RAM modules, and the crashes continue with all of them. Sometimes the sysrq keys work, usually only for rebooting. Not sure it's sata, but I'm clueless here. Still seems like a vm thing to me. -- Luis Sousa Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/