On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 11:11:41AM +0100, Alexander Fisher wrote: > On 8/2/05, Paulo Neves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alexander, > > > > Hummm, I think this IBM computers don't like kernel 2.6 :). > > > > I install kernel 2.4.27 and until now works fine too. > > > > Regards, > > Paulo > > > > On 8/2/05, Alexander Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Paulo Neves wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I have a problem that occurs on 2 IBM PIV 2.4Ghz, 1 Gb RAM and 40Gb > > > > IDE HDD with debian sarge 3.1 (kernel 2.6). > > > > On other computer, the same debian don't give-me any problem. > > > > > > Hi > > > I've exactly the same problem with similar symtoms. Its also on IBM > > > 2.4Ghz P4s (Netvistas - I've tried two identical machines). Its not > > > like its a complete freeze, but the system becomes *so* slow it may as > > > well be. For example, the 'beep' you get when bash autocomplete fails > > > lasts for several seconds. A shutdown takes tens of minutes. I've no > > > graphical environment installed and am pretty sure that its a kernel > > > issue. > > > I've witnessed this problem on both 2.6.8-2 and 2.6.11-1 (from > > > unstable). So far, 2.4.27-2 seems to be unaffected. I'm not sure > > > about load average, but my cpu average was also around 0%. If it > > > helps, I'm using XFS on top of LVM on top of RAID 1. > > > Any suggestions? I might give a vanilla 2.6.12.3 kernel a go. > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > Alex > > > > Hi All. > I'm still trying to get this fixed. I've cc-ed the debian kernel list > to see if anybody there has any thoughts. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/08/msg00072.html > > In my opinion using a 2.4 kernel is at best a workaround and not a solution. > > I've given 2.6.12-1-686 a go. It also slows right down after a while. > I just ran "time sleep 1" > real 0m0.000s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.000s > The operation actually took around 17 seconds. Any suggestions on > what I should try next? > > Thanks, > Alex
try with the 2.6.12 image acpi=off pci=routeirq lapic=off you may need one of those or all. if that doesn't work please report bug on bugzilla.kernel.org on wednesday i'm back and i could supply you with an 2.6.13-rc6 image. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
