From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262055AbVFQSs3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:48:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262057AbVFQSs3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:48:29 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.204]:16476 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262055AbVFQSsS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:48:18 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pxxfygj7kyQaWZ1FSOmTFDn4fMwMuTS/5b8FFQ8N0oJNGrj/vxjqBfjv/4vm1eeAzKdYDmxpDB9Dk2EDqCNg9wnM3uTC9k3BKnHNj7Lzps48q9NngOlVrgyq9wtROC2OZDCIF3AE9JWGlzG/PKt6ncynSnUqTIyfDt+WcGpjw9M= Message-ID: <9a87484905061711481f706662@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:48:16 +0200 From: Jesper Juhl Reply-To: Jesper Juhl To: Charles Leggett Subject: Re: system hangs with no warning or errors Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1119033617.4663.90.camel@annwm.lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <1119033617.4663.90.camel@annwm.lbl.gov> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 6/17/05, Charles Leggett wrote: > > I'm running a dual opteron, debian unstable based system, which hangs > at random intervals with no errors being written to any of the log > files. I'm currently using a 64 bit kernel 2.6.11-rc5, but I've seen > this behaviour with a series of kernels since 2.6.9. Sometimes the > system sometimes runs for several weeks between hangs, and sometimes > hangs twice in a day. When it hangs, the screen freezes, and is > completely unresponsive to all keyboard/mouse input, and will not > respond to pings over the network. It is not an X problem. > > I was previously running CentOS with a 2.4.21 kenel for several months, > and experienced no problems, so I don't think it is a hardware problem. > > I know that this is a very anemic bug report, I'm sorry I can't offer > any more information. Any suggestions for things to look for, what > to instrument to get more detailed information, or things to try are > welcome. > The very first thing I would try would be to try the most recent kernels; the stable kernel 2.6.11.12 and the development kernels 2.6.12-rc6, 2.6.12-rc6-git8 & 2.6.12-rc6-mm1 to see if the issue has already been addressed. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html