Complete system freeze running test3, should I investiage?

Complete system freeze running test3, should I investiage?

[Corrin Lakeland]

Hi all,

I'm running fairly standard x86 hardware (VIA chipset, athlon, etc.)
The system was quite stable running 2.4, but since upgrading to 2.6 
I've had three complete system freezes.  Mouse and keyboard frozen, 
can't ping, nothing at all in the logs.  I was hoping to submit a bug 
report but alt-sysrq didn't work.  So, would people like me to 
investigate further (and if so, how?) or shall I just ignore it?

Corrin

Re: Complete system freeze running test3, should I investiage?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:38:32AM +1200, Corrin Lakeland wrote:

> Hi all,

Hi Corrin,

> I'm running fairly standard x86 hardware (VIA chipset, athlon, etc.)
> The system was quite stable running 2.4, but since upgrading to 2.6 
> I've had three complete system freezes.  Mouse and keyboard frozen, 
> can't ping, nothing at all in the logs.  I was hoping to submit a bug 
> report but alt-sysrq didn't work.  So, would people like me to 
> investigate further (and if so, how?) or shall I just ignore it?

this should be fixed but it's obviously hard to identify the problem.

It's unlikely it will help, but perhaps answering the following 
questions might pin it down:

What is the purpose of the machine (client, fileserver,...)?
Which Linux distribution is on the machine?
Any special/unusual software?
What was running at the time of the freezes (e.g. untar'ing a kernel 
source or watching a movie)?
What hardware (e.g. exact motherboard, graphics card,...) is in the 
computer?

> Corrin

cu
Adrian

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