On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 03:10 +0000, Alter Ego wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-5 > Justification: breaks the whole system
That means 'breaks any system it is installed on', which is not actually the case. > Severity: critical > > After last "aptitude full-upgrade" the new kernel > "linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686" was installed on my Debian squeeze system. > > But every time I boot from the refered new kernel, I see the following > error message at the very beginning of the boot process: > > "pci 0000:02:05.0: BAR 6: address space collision on of device > [0xfeaa0000-0xfeabffff]" This message is very likely harmless and unrelated to the hang. > I also get that message by running the following command after booting: > > dmesg | grep -i collision > > After showing that message, the system boots apparently normal and I'm > able to graphically login via Gnome or LXDE. > > But, after using the system for some minutes (it varies... could be 10 > m, 30 m...) the system hangs completely, to the point that I can't even > kill X server (even via Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or Alt+SysRq+K) or start > another TTY console. > Also the "Num Lock" and "Caps Lock" lights on the keyboard start blinking. > > So the only option is to turn off the computer by pressing the button on > the computer case! [...] Can you try setting up a netconsole to capture information about the crash? Netconsole setup is explained in <http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt>. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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