Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-07-06 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Zoho Vignochi wrote: Hello, There was a thread back in Feb: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg00129.html regrading a total system freeze while copying files. I have the same problem. Cannot ssh in, no response at all from the keyboard and I must reboot via the p

System freeze when copying files

2007-07-05 Thread Zoho Vignochi
Hello, There was a thread back in Feb: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg00129.html regrading a total system freeze while copying files. I have the same problem. Cannot ssh in, no response at all from the keyboard and I must reboot via the power button. The two computers in question a

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:18:05AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > are you sure its not a hardware issue? anything in the logs that > > points to the problem? Does it come out of the freeze or do you have > > to kill the whole box? > > Nothing in syslog, and no message i

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:13:52AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > > Does that tell you anything? > Nope. I fully expected to see DMA disabled on the drives. I'm clueless on this. > Actually I've found out that the bug happens only with the AMD K7 kernel > (linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7) but not with the i48

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-02 Thread Dan H.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > are you sure its not a hardware issue? anything in the logs that > points to the problem? Does it come out of the freeze or do you have > to kill the whole box? Nothing in syslog, and no message if the copying is done from the root console in single-user mode. This

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-02 Thread Dan H.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > are you sure its not a hardware issue? anything in the logs that > points to the problem? Does it come out of the freeze or do you have > to kill the whole box? Nothing in syslog, and no message if the copying is done from the root console in single-user mode. This

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-02 Thread Dan H.
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:57:53PM +0100, Dan H. wrote: >> Now my question is: For which package do I file a bug? Kernel? >> > My question is: What is the output of `hdparm /dev/hd?` or `hdparm > /dev/sd?` for each of the concerned drives ? kir:/home/dh# hdparm /dev/hd

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-01 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:57:53PM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > Hello, > > whenever I copy large files (1.5GB and up) from one disk to another > (different physical disks, not just from one partition to another on the > same disk or within one partition), my system locks up completely. Not > just X and

Re: System freeze when copying files

2007-02-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:57:53PM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > > Now my question is: For which package do I file a bug? Kernel? > My question is: What is the output of `hdparm /dev/hd?` or `hdparm /dev/sd?` for each of the concerned drives ? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.c

System freeze when copying files

2007-02-01 Thread Dan H.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, whenever I copy large files (1.5GB and up) from one disk to another (different physical disks, not just from one partition to another on the same disk or within one partition), my system locks up completely. Not just X and stuff; the console as