Clive Rogers wrote: > Hi Randall, > > On Saturday 17 November 2007 21:27:42 Randall R Schulz wrote: >> Clive, >> >> On Saturday 17 November 2007 13:13, Clive Rogers wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Any one come up with why the system still locks up ? >>> I have tried everything that I have seen on this list to stop the >>> lock ups and tried what I have seen on the internet. >> Have you installed the recent kernel upgrade? If you're succumbing to >> the deadlocks to which the previous version's Reiser FS code was >> susceptible, your system could appear to hang, usually partially and >> likely progressively (as more processes fall into the "sleep from which >> none awake," if you will). >> >> If you have upgraded, then I'd suspect hardware problems. Have you >> looked in your kernel logs (/var/log/messages) for any telltale >> diagnostics? > > Yes I am running the lastest updates. > I checked the /var/log/messages and the only thing in there is putting > the /dev/sda -a -d sat in the smartd.conf. This I have done so I don't know > if this will cure the problem. Probably not but its worth a try anyway. > >>> I did a test on the last lock up. I inserted a data DVD in to the >>> DVD draw and the system came up with the data on the DVD but I had no >>> control. Neither mouse nor keyboard would bring the system back to >>> me. I had to press reset to get back into the system after a reboot. >>> >>> Looks like the system has a problem with the mouse and keyboard for >>> some reason but what I have no idea. >> It could be the hardware (are they USB or PS/2 peripherals?), but since >> the mouse and keyboard input is all mediated by the X server (when it's >> running), problems with mouse and keyboard responsiveness are not >> necessarily hardware problems. > > Both the mouse and keyboard are wireless but plug into the PS/2 port. > Worked fine on SuSE 8,9 and 10 series but started playing up with 10.3 > Works fine under XP too. > >> >> I've also seen systems show progressive "lock-up" when there's a >> run-away process that's consuming swap space to the point where the >> kernel begins to be unable launch new processes and eventually pick off >> (kill) other processes. > > I have 1 gig of DDR2 ram and a 2 gig swap. Running on Reiser FS. > >>> ... >>> Clive >> Randall Schulz > > >
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