Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-13 Thread Jack
On 5/13/21 11:01 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:10:08AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote Do double check that you log into a directory that doesn't run out of space once a month. That could cause problems also. After the "separate /usr" brouhaha, I gave up and went to one file

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-13 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:10:08AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > > Do double check that you log into a directory that doesn't run out of space > once a month. That could cause problems also. After the "separate /usr" brouhaha, I gave up and went to one file system. We all back up our PC's

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 May 2021 03:19:54 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > Most likely in /var/log/messages. The bad thing about dmesg, I think > > it resets when rebooting which erases previous info. > > > > As Mark pointed out, you need to go back to the time before it starts > > adding the boot up

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:20 AM Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 09:50:29PM -0500, Dale wrote > > Walter Dnes wrote: > > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:16:56AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > > >> Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever > > >> you get from

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-13 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 09:50:29PM -0500, Dale wrote > Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:16:56AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > >> Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever > >> you get from booting after this issue? > > Where would those logfiles be?

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Andreas Fink
On Wed, 12 May 2021 22:44:56 -0400 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:16:56AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > > > > Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever > > you get from booting after this issue? > > Where would those logfiles be? "dmesg" starts

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Mark Knecht
Thanks for stepping in Dale. Yes, I was thinking /bar/log/messages or something similar. If the machine was completely hung then no disk activity probably means a big jump in the times logged and should make it somewhat easier to find the last stuff written. Please excuse the top posting. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:16:56AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote >> Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever >> you get from booting after this issue? > Where would those logfiles be? "dmesg" starts off with... > Most likely in

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 03:40:30PM -0600, Jack wrote > On 5/12/21 10:35 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > * The Power button powers down, but is unable to reboot (there's a light > >inside the case that stays on) > Is that a short press or long press (at least six seconds?) on the > power button.

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:16:56AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > > Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever > you get from booting after this issue? Where would those logfiles be? "dmesg" starts off with... [0.00] Linux version 5.10.27-gentoo (root@i3)

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Jack
On 5/12/21 10:35 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: May be off topic. I've been experiencing approximately monthly hard lockups on my machine. Dell Inspiron 3252 Shipped Feb 19th, 2016. Atom based machine with 8 gigs of ram. gcc -c -Q -march=native --help=target | grep march= ...tells me it's a

Re: [gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:35 AM Walter Dnes wrote: > > May be off topic. I've been experiencing approximately monthly hard > lockups on my machine. Dell Inspiron 3252 Shipped Feb 19th, 2016. Atom > based machine with 8 gigs of ram. > > gcc -c -Q -march=native --help=target | grep march= >

[gentoo-user] Approx monthly hard lockups

2021-05-12 Thread Walter Dnes
May be off topic. I've been experiencing approximately monthly hard lockups on my machine. Dell Inspiron 3252 Shipped Feb 19th, 2016. Atom based machine with 8 gigs of ram. gcc -c -Q -march=native --help=target | grep march= ...tells me it's a "silvermont". I'm running bog standard