Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:32:47 +0000
520015082978-0001@t-online.de (Adam Butler) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite
> M30 Centrino laptop last week, and it's great, apart from the fact that
> the computer freezes up randomly. From what I can see, there is *no*
> pattern, but it usually takes about 3 hours' use, and then suddenly stops.
>
> The only thing that responds is the little green light that comes on
> when I press the 'Fn' button - no CapsLock light. I just have to hit
> the power button.
>
> I thought it might be something to do with overheating - if I use the
> laptop a lot, it seems to happen more often. I wrote a little script to
> find out the temperature in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
> when it freezes, and it's usually around 66C, which is actually OK,
> isn't it?
>
> I also tried adding noacpi nolapci to my GRUB config, but it didn't make
> any difference.
>
> If anyone has *any* idea what might be causing this, or how I can home
> in on it, I'd be incredibly grateful - I'm trying to make the switch
> from Windoze, and this is just about the only thing holding me back
> (well, this and trying to suspend the laptop, but that's another
> thread... :)
>
> thanks,
> Adam
>
I don't know what the Problem exactly is but I guess it is something in the kernel because on my Maschine it stopped with kernel 2.4.27.
Maybe switching to 2.6.7 would be enough.
>
> [1] http://www.ubuntulinux.org
>
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// Andreas Klein
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