Re: 2.6.7-ck5: System hangs under constant load

[Frederik Himpe <fhimpe@pandora.be>]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:27:05 +0200, Emmeran Seehuber wrote:

> Hello everybody!
> 
> I'm using a 2.6.7 kernel with the ck5 patch (gentoo ck-sources). But the
> problem I have may not directly be related to this kernel version, because
> I had it a few times already with other 2.6.x kernels.
> 
> When I put the machine under constant load (e.g. emerge of kde 3.3beta2),
> it works for some hours without problems. But then the machine suddenly
> hangs. "Hang" means that no keyboard or mouse input works (even SysRq
> doesn't work), the screen freezes and the cpu seems to go into a loop. The
> system is a laptop and I hear the fan spin loudly. And the fan doesn't
> stop to spin nor turns down the sound, even after some hours. (Well, I
> start the emerge and then let the computer alone for some hours, in the
> hope that it finishes it ... when I come back, it hangs)

Interesting, as I'm having also a problem with random hangs since kernel
2.6.6 (2.6.5 and before worked fine), also on a laptop. Which laptop do
you have? I'm using a Compaq EVO N1020v, with this hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
00:0a.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4410 FireWire Controller (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:13.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:13.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:13.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 340M

Frederik