On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, s9813008 wrote about, Re: Linux Hanging Mysteriously:
> > Are you absolultly sure there are no errors in your logs, not even prior
> to
> > a lock-up.
>
> As I have already purged the logs, I am waiting for the machine to hang
> again. Once it does, I will post the logs. I didn't see anything significant
> in the logs but I could be mistaken.
Ok.
>
> > On another note, does the keyboard num-lock led work when the system is
> > frozen, Eg, by pressing num-lock the led goes on and off.??? or no
> reaction
> > at all.?
>
> No reaction. Nothing on the keyboard creates any effect.
That indicates that the kernel stoped dead in its tracks, as to why, we
will have to keep looking.
>
> > Can you ping the machine from another box on the LAN if any.?
>
> Nope. Whatever telnet/ftp sessions die as well.
That figures.
>
> > What processes are running.?
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
[snip]
At a quick look i see nothing out of the ordinary.
>
> > Are there NFS clients connected.???
>
> No.
Ok.
>
> > I..ve lost the origanal mail, what kernel version was it again please.?
>
> There are two kernels. One is version 2.2.14-5.0 and another is the smp
> patched version, 2.2.14-5.0smp. Its running RedHat 6.2. I usually use the
> smp kernel rather than single processor kernel. The system hangs with the
> smp kernel, and as far as I know - the single processor kernel has never
> hung (but that could be due to the fact that I hardly run with the single
> processor kernel). I think that the mobo is faulty and thus hanging the smp
> kernel.
>
> Many of you have suggested hardware problems. Over the course of the week, I
> will be running diagnostics on the hardware and also see whether NT is
> affected. To those who replied, I appreciate your help :)
I think a good idea would be to compile a kernel, if it is things like an
overclocked CPU then that will show it almost certainly.
If it shows a sig 11 the problem is found.
Lawson has given you the URL to check for sig 11.
> ditesh
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