tags 414322 moreinfo stop On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 12:41:33AM +0100, THR4K wrote: > > Hello, > > I have recently dist-upgraded my workstation from Sarge to Etch. As usual, > this operation worked fine, but sadly I get some trouble with the 2.6.18 > kernel included into Etch. > > > To begin, I have tried the linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 but at the first boot > the kernel freeze completely (the MagicSysReq keys doesn't work). So I > build my own image from the current linux-source-2.6.18 to test if the > problem could be eventualy solved with more specific options related to > my hardware configuration. > > After rebooting without problem on my own linux-image kernel, for a moment > all seemed to work fine... until the whole system freeze again during the > configuration process of some new packages I have planned to install. > > Despite the log files contains nothing useful, investigating a bit (eg. > more reboots and freezes later :-D show that the problem always occurs > during disk i/o operations, specially when loading the system at boot or > installing/deinstalling packages (heavy disk usage = faster freeze). > > > Of course, I did not have any problem when I use my previous kernel as > fallback (an old 2.6.8 version build with the Debian Sarge sources). > > Perhaps a disk driver (I use the AIC7XXX kernel module) bug ? >
can you please try the 2.6.20 linux image from trunk buildserver see for aptlines -> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel if there it doesn't work you'd need to bug upstream in bugzilla.kernel.org thanks for keeping us posted. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
