On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:54:22PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:20:02AM -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 29 May 2003 00:35:32 -0500 Dan Nelson
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > The real problem is in the kernel, though.  A userland non-root
> > > > process should not be able to hard lock the system.  One of the
> > > > threads people will probably have to get an SMP machine to be
> > > > able to debug it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Upon first reading it I had assumed he meant gnome locked up. Can
> > > you confirm this Glenn? Is the machine itself locked solid (no
> > > ping, no ssh, not vtys, etc)?  However, even if that is the case a
> > > bug in the kernel does not preclude a bug in libthr.
> >
> > The machine locks up solid.  I can not do anything with it except   
> > hit the reset button.  I mentioned gnome because gnome will trigger 
> > the lock up.  I would imagine I would see the same thing with kde   
> > however.                                                            
>
> what about kernel debugger?

I do not have the debugger enabled on the SMP box.  I can set that up
but probably not until next week.  Will the debugger work if the machine
locks up?

-- 
Glenn Johnson
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