Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, Am 28.08.2008 um 22:41 schrieb Frank Küster: Package: general Severity: grave Since late last week, my system completely hangs - it stops accepting any input from keyboard or mouse - after 3 to 5 minutes after booting. This happens both in a text console and when running X. I should

Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread Lawrence Williams
This sounds like a kernel panic to me. Anyone else have any thoughts? - Lawrence On Friday, August 29, 2008 03:21:13 pm Frank Küster wrote: I should have been more specific here. It's not only the input, it's   the output as well. For example, if aptitude is downloading packages   in an rxvt

Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread Lars Wirzenius
pe, 2008-08-29 kello 19:51 +0200, Frank Küster kirjoitti: Any ideas how I can start debugging this? My first suspicion would be about the hardware. You could run memtest86+ for at least 12 hours or until the first error. Another idea: you could test the system with another version of Debian, or

Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread Felix Zielcke
Hello, Am Freitag, den 29.08.2008, 19:51 +0200 schrieb Frank Küster: Since late last week, my system completely hangs - it stops accepting any input from keyboard or mouse - after 3 to 5 minutes after booting. This happens both in a text console and when running X. I should have been

Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread gregor herrmann
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:51:13 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Any ideas how I can start debugging this? I had something similar a few months ago, and it was related to the kernel's clocksource setting. But that was with 2.6.21 and 2.6.22, so probably doesn't apply here. Cheers, gregor -- .''`.

Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-28 Thread Frank Küster
Package: general Severity: grave Since late last week, my system completely hangs - it stops accepting any input from keyboard or mouse - after 3 to 5 minutes after booting. This happens both in a text console and when running X. Of course I suspected a hardware problem first, but the