Re: Kernel lockups - how do I troubleshoot?
On 05 Dec 2001, Jor-el wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Paolo Falcone wrote:
>
> >
> > jorel@austin.rr.com wrote:
> >
> > >I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could either tell me how to or
> > >point me to any info which will atleast allow me to gather info on the
> > >crash, so that I can post it to linux-kernel.
> >
> > if it's specifically a kernel crash (as in Oops) you can use'the
> > ksymoops utility for the kernel developers to help them track the
> > source of your problem.
>
> Unfortunately, I cant tell if it is an oops or not because the display
> remains stuck in power saver mode. But thanks for the info.
>
> >
> > I doubt if it's really the kernel at fault there, though...
> > have you tried checking the hardware? If everything still doesn't
> > work despite the long hours of troubleshooting, then you might
> > say that you've narrowed the problem to the kernel.
> >
>
> Not sure how I would go about checking the hardware. The only diag
> routines that I have come across are for NIC's. And those too only seem to
> run under DOS (sigh!). Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jor-el
>
I missed the beginning of this thread so if I'm off-topic, apologies.
I've been getting frequent (1/day) lockups since about kernel 2.4.12,
with both ac and regular versions. Latest is 2.4.16. They always happen
when I'm online, and the hdd light always remains on. Other than that, I
have no clue.
Currently I've gone back to 2.2.20, and no lockups at all today in spite
of quite a lot of time online. But it's too early to be sure that it's
the answer.
Anthony
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