On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 03:21:58PM +0100, Alexander Schories wrote: > Ever since kernel 2.6.18-* hit the debian testing and unstable > ftp-stores my system totally freezes right after 5 to 10 minutes > uptime with *any* of the 2.6.18-*-kernel-packages.
> NO logfile entry is left. NO panic or such on screen. Just a 100% > frozen shell and system. Until the system freezes even "top" displays > a nearly 100% idle status for both cpus. Disk i/o is low as well. > Overall system load is very low, still it freezes. 8/ > So it is very hard for me to understand WHAT EXACTLY could be the > reason for this. Even more, because linux-image-2.6.17-2-k7 (and all > the ones before!) runs smoothly here for months (uptime)! 8| > I decided to wait some releases of the 2.6.18-tree and let you already > stressed out maintainer people do your job. Um, not exactly helpful; you're now reporting a bug at a severity that makes it a release blocker, at a point where the final kernel for etch r0 is supposed to already be uploaded and there is limited time to consult upstream about it. In the future, please report such bugs when you find them, not when you think it might be convenient for the maintainers... > Tyan Tiger MPX S2466N-4M mainboard > 2 x AMD Athlon MP 2600 CPUs > 3ware 8506-4 SATA-RAID On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 05:11:09PM +0000, Figaro wrote: > Exact same problem here! Has been for 3 months. Ubuntu2.6.15-28-k7 is > okay as were the -16 series kernels (did not try -17's). I now have to > go back to 2.6.18-4-i486 to get it to run and live without smp (I wiped > the -16-k7 stuff out [stupidly]). > Debian SID /Tyan Thunder 7X S2468UGN /Athlon 2400 mps /3g. ecc ram /all > scsi. OOI, does booting with 'nosmp' affect this hang problem for either of you? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]