On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:40:01AM -0700, Alan wrote:
> > I'm having total and random freezes... The mouse pointer disappear, the
> > keyboard doesn't do anything (not even pressing Caps Lock turns the light on
> > or off), can anybody give me any clue of where can I start looking for the
> > problem ?
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> Personally the two things I've seen that cause linux to crash is are:
> - unsupported or partially supported hardware
> - bad hardware
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> What kernel are you running? Maybe try the vanilla or a "newer" (ie:
> ac-sources or gaming-sources) and see if maybe it has support for the
> hardware that might be causing the problems.
I've dealt with random freezes due to badly supported hardware - driver
bugs - for IDE controllers and SCSI controllers. Grabbing newer sources
is one good test. Another is using the NMI watchdog, which can help you
understand the crashes and identify which driver may be at fault. Info
on the NMI watchdog can be found in:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
It's extremely useful, but only if you're either not running X or using
an external serial console - so you can see its output.
Nathan Meyers
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