Hi John, Sorry to bug you about this one. You're the only one who's managed to provide some input so far. Any ideas where to from here ? Kind regards David Wilson D c D a t a CNS, CLS, Linux+, LPIC1, LPIC2 Email/MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0860-1-LINUX Fax: 0866878971 Mobile: 0824147413 Skype: dave-wilson
-----Original Message----- From: David Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 April 2007 04:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.2 x86_64 RAM disk & server lock ups Anyone with any further ideas or input on this one ? Kind regards David Wilson D c D a t a CNS, CLS, Linux+, LPIC1, LPIC2 Email/MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0860-1-LINUX Fax: 0866878971 Mobile: 0824147413 Skype: dave-wilson -----Original Message----- From: David Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 April 2007 08:09 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.2 x86_64 RAM disk & server lock ups Hi John, Thanks for your reply. Yes, the servers are HP-ML370's. Dual Xeon with Hyperthreading so /proc/cpuinfo shows up 4 CPUs. Kind regards David Wilson D c D a t a CNS, CLS, Linux+, LPIC1, LPIC2 Email/MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0860-1-LINUX Fax: 0866878971 Mobile: 0824147413 Skype: dave-wilson -----Original Message----- From: John Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 April 2007 04:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.2 x86_64 RAM disk & server lock ups On Tuesday 03 April 2007, David Wilson wrote: > do you know if there's a way of picking up what caused the deadlock ? > I've looked through /var/log/messages but there's no mention of anything > with regards to the lockup. Well I trimmed too much and do not have reference to your hardware any longer, but it seems to me that it was an SMP setup, No? There is currently a huge thread on the VMware Forum about freezes on Core 2 Duo machines. One of the technically competent VMware programmers (Petr) suggests its due to a horribly broken hpet timer routine used by Linux. Read thru the thread http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=77895&tstart=0 Try booting with the kernel parameter: hpet=disable It did not solve the core 2 duo problem (at least not for me), but it didn't introduce any problems either, so since you are locking up and rebooting you should have a chance to try it. Personally I have never had this freeze/lockup outside of Vmware, so I think Petr is looking at a kernel problem when the problem is in Vmware. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- This email and all contents are subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.dcdata.co.za/emaildisclaimer.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This email and all contents are subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.dcdata.co.za/emaildisclaimer.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
