Re: crash recovery
Michael Iatrou <m.iatrou@freemail.gr> writes:
> When the date was Wednesday 12 November 2008, tyler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just experienced a complete freeze of my laptop - amarok was stuck
>> looping through the same second of music from an online stream, and the
>> keyboard and mouse stopped responding completely. The screen appeared
>> fixed, viewing an xpdf window. I couldn't even switch to a terminal to
>> poke around there, as C-A-F1 etc. didn't respond.
>>
>> I'm running Lenny with fluxbox, and had just done an aptitude update. I
>> don't recall anything heavy, about 40 packages including iceweasel. I
>> had also just plugged in to the wall socket after running on battery
>> power for several hours.
>>
>> I have checked /var/log/Xorg0.log.old, and the only EE messages are:
>
> You should also check the other important log files
> (/var/log/{messages,syslog} etc)
Well, it happened again, almost identical circumstances - reading a pdf
using xpdf, listening to amarok, plugging in the power cord, then
freeze. Here's the syslog from the 30 minutes prior to the first crash
yesterday:
Nov 12 13:04:45 blackbart -- MARK --
Nov 12 13:17:01 blackbart /USR/SBIN/CRON[25921]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Nov 12 13:44:45 blackbart -- MARK --
Nov 12 14:04:45 blackbart -- MARK --
Nov 12 14:17:01 blackbart /USR/SBIN/CRON[26166]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Nov 12 14:22:37 blackbart acpid: client connected from 32114[106:107]
Nov 12 14:25:32 blackbart acpid: client has disconnected
Nov 12 14:33:51 blackbart syslogd 1.5.0#5: restart.
And here's what I have immediately prior to today's crash (duplicate
DHCP lines snipped out):
Nov 13 10:01:17 blackbart dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
[snip]
Nov 13 10:02:18 blackbart dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Nov 13 10:02:18 blackbart dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Nov 13 10:09:25 blackbart dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
[snip]
Nov 13 10:10:26 blackbart dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Nov 13 10:10:26 blackbart dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Nov 13 10:17:01 blackbart /USR/SBIN/CRON[24707]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Nov 13 10:17:42 blackbart dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
[snip]
Nov 13 10:18:43 blackbart dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Nov 13 10:18:43 blackbart dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Nov 13 10:21:54 blackbart dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
[snip]
Nov 13 10:22:55 blackbart dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Nov 13 10:22:55 blackbart dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Nov 13 10:25:51 blackbart dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
[snip]
Nov 13 10:26:52 blackbart dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Nov 13 10:26:52 blackbart dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Nov 13 10:34:38 blackbart syslogd 1.5.0#5: restart.
I don't know why dhcp was trying to get a lease on ath0, as I was
connected via eth0. The fact that the crash seems to be related to the
power source suggests either a hardware problem or an acpi problem
though... I'll try and reproduce it. Any more ideas?
Thanks,
Tyler
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