on Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:31:36AM +0200, Martin Skøtt (martin@z3n.dk) wrote:
> Hi
> I got Debian testing running on my Thinkpad T22 a couple of months ago thanks
> to this list and it has been working almost like a charm ever since :-)
> The problem is that I am experiencing random lockups of the machine. The
> machine blocks completely and the only thing I can do is to turn it off. There
> is absolutely no response from the keyboard (the caps lock LED doensn't even
> work!). Am I the only one experiencing this? It doesn't matter which app I'm
> using at the time[1].
>
> I'm using a custom 2.4.5 kernel with SGI XFS patched in. A journalised FS is
> really nice on a machine that crashes every now and then :-)
>
> [1]It happens most of the time in Mozilla or StarOffice, but that is where I
> do most of my work.
Things I'd check:
- Memory.
- Swap partition corruption.
- System logs.
- Speedstep. I've had bad luck with this. Is your CPU Speedstep
enabled? Try disabling this in BIOS. In my case, a flakey power
supply lead to toggling of system power state, and Speedstep status,
which would eventually hose the system.
- Reiser. I'm not sure how 2.4.5 sits WRT Reiser, but there's a long
history of problems. Your situation doesn't match descriptions I've
heard.
If that doesn't get it, try disabling support for various modules until
the system becomes stable. There was a Samba bug that bit my ass back
in 2.2.12.
Peace.
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