Bug#469273: kernel-image-2.4.27-4-k6: System freezes after a few minutes.

[Klaus von der Heyde <uzs95e@uni-bonn.de>]

Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-4-k6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


After booting 2.4.27-4-k6 on a K6 system with Aladdin 5 chipset, the
system freezes a few minutes (about two) after startup. No related
output on console. Ping from other machine still gives response
(so it is not really the kernel, I think), but any process seems to
freeze. I had to "push the button" to restart. Logfiles do not report
anything unusual (of course, they are trashed when the reset occurs).
Last line in kern.log is "Installing knfsd" ...

kernel-image-2.4.27-3-k6 works without problems.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-3-k6
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.4.27-4-k6 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management 
utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.81.1   tools to create initrd 
image for p
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities

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