On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 18:47:07 -0700, Kelly Clowers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all, > > Over about two days, I have had three hard freezes with Sid/Experimental. > A few minutes ago, I saw one happen (the others where while I was away). > The computer instantly went from fully functional, no problems to frozen > solid. Nothing moving on screen, no response to ctrl-alt-backspace or > ctrl-alt-del. No response to ping or power button "soft off". The music > was replace by a fast cycling jittering/buzzing noise. After a hard reset, > everything is fine. > > The most recent obvious candidate change is the most recent kernel update, > which I did shortly before the first freeze. This was the upgrade to > linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 version 2.6.26-9. > > I see nothing in syslog - everything is normal and then BAM! - restart. > > If anyone has any ideas or advice, that would be great. > Otherwise, I guess this a warning to be alert for problems. If/when it happens again, this might be worth a try: http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/sysrq.htm At least it might prevent/reduce the risk of corruption or whatever. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
