Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:48:16 +0200 | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: system hangs with no warning or errors |
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On 6/17/05, Charles Leggett <CGLeggett@lbl.gov> wrote: > > I'm running a dual opteron, debian unstable based system, which hangs > at random intervals with no errors being written to any of the log > files. I'm currently using a 64 bit kernel 2.6.11-rc5, but I've seen > this behaviour with a series of kernels since 2.6.9. Sometimes the > system sometimes runs for several weeks between hangs, and sometimes > hangs twice in a day. When it hangs, the screen freezes, and is > completely unresponsive to all keyboard/mouse input, and will not > respond to pings over the network. It is not an X problem. > > I was previously running CentOS with a 2.4.21 kenel for several months, > and experienced no problems, so I don't think it is a hardware problem. > > I know that this is a very anemic bug report, I'm sorry I can't offer > any more information. Any suggestions for things to look for, what > to instrument to get more detailed information, or things to try are > welcome. > The very first thing I would try would be to try the most recent kernels; the stable kernel 2.6.11.12 and the development kernels 2.6.12-rc6, 2.6.12-rc6-git8 & 2.6.12-rc6-mm1 to see if the issue has already been addressed.
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