On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 01:19:18PM +0100, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >> Andrew Sackville-West schreef: >>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:22:11PM +0100, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> My laptop (a dell XPS 1330) started about five days ago with suddenly >>>> crashing, mostly from idle state. The caps-lock and scroll-lock light >>>> start blinking and the system stops responding. >>>> I have checked my memory using memtest86+, and cannot find any problem. >>>> Also, nothing appears in any logfile (at least, not that I can find). >>>> Can anybody tell me how I can e.g. generate more logging, or do anything >>>> else to produce more useful information to solve this issue? >>> Not much help, but I've seen similar behavior on my Linux Certified >>> LC2210DC (rebadged Asus). Seems to be associated with kernel 2.6.26 >>> and a custom compiled 2.6.27.7, but I've not been able to narrow it >>> down at all, due to a hard lock. Maybe we can look for things in >>> common? >>> >>> lspci output below > >> .... >>> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3) >>> 03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller >>> (rev 08) >>> 03:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro >>> Host Adapter (rev 17) >>> 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host >>> Adapter (rev 08) >>> .... >> sjoerd@laptop:~$ lspci >> .. >> 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller >> (rev 05) >> 03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro >> Host Adapter (rev 22) >> 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) >> 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host >> Adapter (rev 12) >> 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) > After a more thorough look, We seem to have the same card reader. What kernel? My 2.6.27.7 is customized specifically because the 2.6.27 in debian at the time didn't have that card reader enabled and I needed it for boot (encryption key on sd card). So, maybe it is the card reader. I've since switched to a usb key and could abandon that kernel and see what happens. A
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