I have now been running Mandrake 9.1 with the 2.4.21-0.18mdk kernel for about 3 weeks. At this point it is starting to be annoying that this kernel locks up more often than even Micro$oft Windoze.
The lock up will happen anything from 5 minutes to 10 hours of boot. It must be the kernel locking up since there is no response to the SysRq+Alt+... keys. This happens routinely, but irregular, so I have no idea how to track it. I tried maximizing the information to syslog by choosing *.* /var/log/syslog in /etc/syslog.conf. A typical entry looks like this: Jul 6 14:42:18 pan spamd[5914]: identified spam (9.3/5.0) for turtle:501 in 0.4 seconds, 3321 bytes. Jul 6 14:45:00 pan CROND[5928]: (turtle) CMD (/usr/sbin/anacron -t $HOME/bin/shell/cron/anacrontab) Jul 6 14:45:00 pan anacron[5929]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2003-07-06 Jul 6 14:45:00 pan anacron[5929]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Jul 6 14:47:12 pan syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jul 6 14:47:12 pan /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifplugd eth1 Jul 6 14:47:12 pan ifplugd[1526]: Using interface eth1/00:02:2D:40:D0:92 Jul 6 14:47:12 pan ifplugd[1526]: ETHTOOL_GLINK failed: Operation not supported which means that I have booted around 14:46:45. Thus there does not appear to be any programs running just before the lock up. So at this point I would like suggestions: - how can I get more debug information from the kernel - should I change to a different kernel, e.g., vanilla 2.4.21. Or should I consider one of the patched ones. Thanks /Peter -- http://www.linearity.org/turtle/contact.html ``If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation but strong, they'll welcome us.''--George W. Bush
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