On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 17:24 +0200, akn@xylab.com wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.29-1-686 > Version: 2.6.29-3 > Severity: important > > At least once a day system freezes: > - all running processes are scheduled (X, Firefox, mplayer, Apache2) > - top shows 'load average' above 500! (usually below 10) > - NEW process cannot be started! > I'm not running any VMs. > CPU is Intel Core2 Quad 9300. > > The message: > "INFO: task cron blocked for more than 120 seconds" > was displayed with packages linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 and linux-image-2.6.26-2-686. > > This bug is not corrected for several months. > See bugs: > #499745: linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686: freezes under Xen 3.2.0 > #516374: INFO: task * blocked for more than 120 seconds. (ubuntu bug #276476) > #517449: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64: SCHED_IDLE issues (tasks blocked for more > than 120 seconds) > #517586: "INFO: task * blocked for more than 120 seconds" causes system freeze This message is a symptom of a class of bugs, not a single bug. > For me it means that there is no Debian STABLE version, > because of the bug in the most basic place in the kernel of operating system. > Please, please, please - repair it. Please send a proper kernel log, not a single error message. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings DNRC Motto: I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
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