http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-10-16 08:36 ------- OK, I've ascertained now that it is the kernel which seizes up...nothing works. The serial terminal freezes up when the computer freezes...and I still can't find any trace of error messages. Eric Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215 > > > > > > ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-09-27 15:36 ------- > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215 >> >> >> >> >> >> ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-09-27 13:04 ------- >> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:07:00 -0700 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> I can still connect through the ethernet port, which is unaffected by this >>> problem. >> >> You can? That's interesting. > > Scratch that...I can't. I meant, in theory, I can connect through the > ethernet > port, but I just tried, and the netconsole I was working on went dead > when the > computer froze. > >> When you do so, is there nothing interesting in the `dmesg' output? > > Even without doing this, I thought dmesg just printed the contents of > /var/log/messages, which has a time stamp, and I have tried looking > at the log > file right before it died (to see the last time stamp), then the next > series of > messages are associated with the new boot after restarting (starting with the > message "restart". Basically there's nothing I can see no messages > which seem > to occur around the time the system freezes up, much less anything which > indicates a problem (in syslog either). This is why the problem is so > perplexing to me. > >> >> This means that there's no point in setting up a serial console or anything. > > I guess there is...but it'll be a while. I'll need to get a serial > cable...haven't had need for one of those in years. > >> >> If you can still connect to the machine, then what do you mean by "it >> freezes"? Just that the X interface is wedged up? > > At this point, I can say that I have no interaction with the machine, either > with the mouse or keyboard. > >> >> If so, run `top' and `ps aux', see if some process is stuck spinning in a >> loop or something. >> >> Could it just be that the keyboard/mouse have gone bad? > > No, the computer will run forever if I use only the ethernet connection, it's > only when I connect wirelessly that the problem manifests itself. > >> >> What happens if you do `sudo killall X' when logged in over the network? >> Does the X server terminate? Can it be restarted? > > Don't know, haven't been able to interact with the computer once it's > frozen up > yet. > >> >> etcetera.... >> >> >> >> ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- >> You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. >> > > > > > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. _______________________________________________ Linux PCMCIA reimplementation list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pcmcia
