Machine freezes almost deterministically
Hi all,
I'm not really sure if this is a problem of Debian, but I'll give it a try here. I'm
using Debian Sparc 3.0_r2 out-of-the-ISOs on an Ultra 450. After some minor problems
the basic system seems to be running decently, so I planned to install some additional
debs (also from the official ISOs) using dselect.
Unfortunately this turned out to be rather time-consuming: When I hit the PgDown-key in
the selection menu, my box froze and wouldn't react on any input from the keyboard (but
I could still toggle the keyboard's LEDS). Several reboots later (it's hard to get
unused to the PgDown-Key) I am convinced that this behaviour is _almost_ deterministic.
Once or twice the box would survive a keypress on PgDown and seldomly it would freeze
after (multiple fast) keypresses on the "normal" down-key. At the last freeze I was
additionally logged in via ssh and the box didn't respond in the ssh session either.
Finally I ditched dselect and decided to give aptitude a try (fortunately it starts
with an "a", so I could install it without too many key-downs :-)). But after the first
PgDown in aptitude the box froze again.
I could possibly manage to install my system by avoiding the evil PgDown-Key, but later
on the box should be running really stable. So I would rather fix this behaviour. Any
hints/suggestions?
TIA, Merdad
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