kernel freezen with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

kernel freezen with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Peter Münster]

Hello,
with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
Everything else seems to work ok.
Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping        : 9
cpu MHz         : 2793.205
cache size      : 512 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr
bogomips        : 5521.40

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping        : 9
cpu MHz         : 2793.205
cache size      : 512 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr
bogomips        : 5570.56


Let me know, if you need more information (for example my .config).

Kind regards, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: kernel freezen with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Chris Wright]

* Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> Everything else seems to work ok.
> Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:

Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?

Re: kernel freezes with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Peter Münster]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> > and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> > Everything else seems to work ok.
> > Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> > I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> 
> Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
> the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
> so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?

Yes, it's 100% reproducible. But I do not get any message. Display is
shutting down, and no more access with ssh. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work
neither. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
Of course, I can try to narrow down to the specific patch, if you send me
the different patches. I only have the diff between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5
and I don't know how to extract the patches.
Cheers, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: kernel freezes with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Chris Wright]

* Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> 
> > * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > > with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> > > and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> > > Everything else seems to work ok.
> > > Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> > > I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> > 
> > Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
> > the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
> > so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?
> 
> Yes, it's 100% reproducible. But I do not get any message. Display is
> shutting down, and no more access with ssh. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work
> neither. Nothing in /var/log/messages.

Are you running X?  Can you reproduce running lpr from console command line?

> Of course, I can try to narrow down to the specific patch, if you send me
> the different patches. I only have the diff between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5
> and I don't know how to extract the patches.

They're here in git:

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/stable-queue.git;a=tree;h=5c84e7f0112b3961f7a346b4d0161048482b2b6b;hb=717a323d8a8523fc5972158c5cef8ba914f36671;f=2.6.12.5

Re: kernel freezes with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Peter Münster]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> > 
> > > * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > > > with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> > > > and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> > > > Everything else seems to work ok.
> > > > Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> > > > I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> > > 
> > > Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
> > > the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
> > > so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?
> > 
> > Yes, it's 100% reproducible. But I do not get any message. Display is
> > shutting down, and no more access with ssh. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work
> > neither. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Are you running X?  Can you reproduce running lpr from console command line?

Yes, I'm running XFree86. Thank you for the patches.
I'm going to try without X and the different patches Friday.

Unfortunately, my system froze today with the 2.6.12.4 kernel in the same
manner (black screen), and it's *not* reproducible: I've just read a pdf
with gv...

Thanks for your efforts, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: kernel freezes with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Peter Münster]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> > 
> > > * Peter Münster (pmlists@free.fr) wrote:
> > > > with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> > > > and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> > > > Everything else seems to work ok.
> > > > Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> > > > I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> > > 
> > > Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
> > > the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
> > > so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?
> > 
> > Yes, it's 100% reproducible. But I do not get any message. Display is
> > shutting down, and no more access with ssh. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work
> > neither. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Are you running X?  Can you reproduce running lpr from console command line?

Friday I got some surprises: I could reproduce now the system crash (always
with lpr and without X) with all other kernels too: 2.6.12.4, 2.6.12 and
even with the kernel, that was really stable for a long time on my system:
2.6.11.3. So now, I believe, that there is a hardware problem.
I'm sorry, having stolen your time...
Greetings, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/