Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:32:44 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Consistent complete lock up with 2.6.8.1-mm2 and vuescan, no serial console output |
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:29:08 +0200 (SAST) Jaco Kroon wrote:
| Norbert Preining said: | > Hi Andrew, hi Ed, hi list! | > Anyway it would be nice to hear at least a comment from one of you on | > how to proceed with this. Since it is 100% repeatable here, it would be | > nice if it can be fixed. It suprises me that the whole kernel just | > completely freezes, while only disk io and cpu is used, there is no | > usage of usb stuff (besides the usb serial console, but also wihtout | | I've got a similar problem on an old pentium 90 machine. When compiling | glibc it'll run for about a day and then die with absolutely nothing in | the logs. I've got a serial cable and another machine, so if someone can | point me at documentation on how to set it up I'd be willing to collect | whatever information I can over the weekend.
You want this one: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/index.html
| Jaco | | > | > On Don, 12 Aug 2004, preining wrote: | >> The problem persisted with 2.6.8-rc4-mm1, always (repeatable 100%) after | >> around 30 scans the computer freezes completely. Not even sysrq works. | >> | >> But at least what I could check was that it is not a memory problem, | >> there is still enough swap free (close to 1G). | >> | >> So what can I do, any ideas? | >> | >> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004, preining wrote: | >> > I have a bit of a problem here: I am scanning with vuescan (latest | >> > version) on linux-2.6.8-rc3-mm1 a lot of images from raw files, i.e. | >> > only data io from the hard disk, no usb etc interferes, and always | >> after | >> > 20/30 something images the computer freezes completely. Not even Sysrq | >> > works. Only reset button. Of course, the syslog shows up nothing. | >> > | >> > Is there anything you two can think of what could be the reason? | >> > | >> > (and no, I have no chance to use serial console, but I doubt it would | >> be | >> > useful)
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