Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:02:48 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Frozen linux 1.3.84 |
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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Darren Reed wrote: > > I've fired less than 1k of random IP packets at my Pentium-100 running > 1.3.84 and it has now frozen. > > No packet was more than 255 bytes long. > > I cannot switch consoles, it does not beep when I try. > > I can not ping it, there is nothing on the console to indicate any sort of > error. > > The cursor is still blinking, no drive lights are on. > > CTRL-ALT-DEL does not work.
Try RightAlt + ScrollLock: it should print out a register dump, and if you do that multiple times you can look at the EIP values and try to get a feel for where it's looping.
Of course, if it's looping with interrupts disabled, even this won't work, but it's worth checking out.
Linus
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