Hi Thank you very much for your e-mail.
It is reproducible on this computer, but only when dialled into that particular dial-up line. I guess that that dial-up line is faster than the others. I have tried it again to see whether <CTRL><ALT><F1> does anything. If I press <Ctrl><Alt><F1> during download before the computer hangs, and do not the press <Ctrl><Alt>F7> till the download is complete, then the computer does not hang, even after I press <Ctrl><Alt>F7>, (unless I do another download). However, if the computer hangs first, then <Ctrl><Alt><F1> does nothing. If I do not press <Ctrl><Alt><F1> then the delay between start of download and computer hang varied, it is not reproducible. I was using it as user jwl whose groups are: jwl cdrom floppy dip users jwl_desk. This list does not include audio , this might be relevant. In order to get reproducible results I have configured Iceweasel to not use (squid) proxy. (I also tried using squid, the computer does not hang when retrieving a previously cached copy of a webpage.) Today, after the computer hung, I switched it off, then switched it on again. Then I looked at the syslog, it seemed to suggest that there was something wrong in the mtrr part of the kernel. I attach a copy of the tail of /var/log/syslog as it was just after switch on. I hope that this is usefull. Best regards Richard Betham On Friday 15 May 2009 17:40, dann frazier wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 04:18:33PM +0100, R. Betham wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Version: 2.6.18-6-k7 > > > > I have difficulty in making an Oops trace. > > > > I have upgraded the kernel to linux-image2.6.18-6-k7 , > > along with the other upgrades from security.debian.org for Etch. > > I told the computer to switch itself off, it did so. > > I switched it on, > > dialled into 0845 6040104. > > I used Iceweasel to contact http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/ , > > the computer hung. > > Even <Ctrl><Alt><Del> did not unhang it. > > Is this reproducible? Does CTRL+ALT+F1 get you to a text console? -- Errors & omissions excepted. Jubilee Web Limited 1 Spring Hill Kilnbank Road MARKET DRAYTON Shropshire TF9 1LE. Registered in England registration number: 3960832
May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 0 With invalid flags. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 68 Objects loaded. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 0 Objects expired. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 0 Objects cancelled. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 0 Duplicate URLs purged. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: 0 Swapfile clashes avoided. May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: Took 0.6 seconds ( 115.4 objects/sec). May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: Beginning Validation Procedure May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: Completed Validation Procedure May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: Validated 68 Entries May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: store_swap_size = 892k May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb /usr/sbin/cron[2673]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs) May 29 15:26:01 desk-deb squid[2646]: storeLateRelease: released 0 objects May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102 May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: [drm] Initialized savage 2.4.1 20050313 on minor 0 May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: mtrr: base(0xd2000000) is not aligned on a size(0x5000000) boundary May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode May 29 15:26:04 desk-deb kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
