Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 20:40:52 +0100 (BST) | From | Peter Denison <> | Subject | Re: Mysterious hang in 2.0.0 - possibly Triton II? |
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Hi folks, Many thanks to thise of you that replied to my post. I've done some more investigating (takes time you know :-) and unfortunately the hang is still there. I have narrowed down some of the original symptoms (and I'm keeping detailed written logs of all changes!). There have been occasions re-booting into 2.0.0 after a crash that it hasn't got past the fsck, with the HD light off, but I'm discounting those. All other times, the HD light is on when it locks up. Most of the times since I last wrote, the lock-ups have been during active use, with screen on. (Active use means me sitting in front of it doing things like reading mail rather than heavy load like compiling.) The APM BIOS options were disabled in the original case (and subsequently). I further changed "PM control by APM" from Yes to No. This made no difference. Compiling with no APM support compiled into the kernel had no effect. Crashes are no coming anything from < 1 min after booting to 30 mins after booting under light use. (Or as before to being left overnight and taking > 5 hours to show). I have an NE2000 clone in the system, and the support for this was as an unloaded module. (No kerneld). I recompiled with NE2000 support built in, with no effect. Upon lock-up, the keyboard does nothing (obvious!), but I cannot telnet in over ethernet either. (Haven't tried a serial terminal, but I suspect that'll be the same.) My next steps will be: Compile without Triton II support, remove NE2000 card completely, borrow a temperature logger from work, give up!
As far as other people's suggestions go: Jacques Gelinas has been running with Triton II support quite happily. Lauri Tischler suggested I turn off APM in BIOS setup (see above) Mark Lord suggested I recompile without APM BIOS support (see above) Martin Dalecki blamed the vesa_blank code (I haven't investigated this). Chris Palmer suggested the CPU fan. I have been running 1.3.100 on this box (without Triton II support, but with everything else) quite happily, and can work on it, and leave it on for hours (days!) with no ill effects. I hope that it isn't the CPU!
Many thanks for all your help, and any more suggestions please.
Cheers, Peter
P.S. Many thanks also especially to Linus, for making this all possible. I really appreciate being able to use and work on something as absorbing and worthwhile as Linux.
-- Peter Denison <peterd@pnd-pc.demon.co.uk> Currently (still) working on a driver for Promise cards under Linux.
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