Re: 2.6.24-rc1: hangs when logging in to X session

Andrew Morton
2007-11-01T23:31:53Z

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.