i dont see the watchdog module in ur list of modules post output of dmesg please
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:10 PM, adnan.shoeb <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sharad ..... > let me try this > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Sharad Birmiwal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:09 AM, adnan.shoeb <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Sharad- >> > >> > What I found on internet is:- >> > This is caused when the system is hanging under load. Add any one of the >> > following to you /boot/grub.conf file: >> > >> > Disable the NMI watchdog by adding "nmi_watchdog=0" >> > Disable the high precision event timer (HPET) by adding "nohpet" >> > >> > I know the above entry can be put into the grub.conf file......but I am >> not >> > sure what exactly it will do. >> >> Hi Adnan, >> >> That's what I found too and wanted to know if you had tried it before. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchdog_timer -- what watchdog timer >> does. It should be safe to disable it. There are desktops which don't >> have these timers and work fine. See if this works out for you or not. >> >> You can also try disabling ACPI/APIC to fix this problem. That might >> fix the problem too. For that, pass "nolapic acpi=off" as boot >> parameters to your kernel. >> >> If you just want to try these options temporarily, add them when you >> boot the kernel (one time only) instead of adding it to grub.conf. >> (press escape to see the grub menu if you normally don't, go to the >> kernel you want to boot, press E to edit parameters etc..) >> >> See if these work for you. >> >> >> Sharad >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> >> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >> > > > > -- > ⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠ Keep Smiling > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- without fear|without remorse|without pity -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
