Hi Walt, Anything in /var/log? TC Yes, what should I look for? (see below) Check memory and power supply. If you're using a realtime kernel, that's a possible cause of lockup. And if you want to reboot more gracefully, use magic sysrq keys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_sysrq Note that the instructions say to hold down alt-sysrq, but on my system, that brings up the window to take a screenshot. I have to hold down ctrl-alt-sysrq. Then press keys, one at a time, with a couple seconds between each: r - e - i - s - u - b (or other keys, if appropriate. See the chart in the wikipedia article.) Greg This just started recently; I've had the notebook for almost a year. It's had Fedora 9 and 10 on it. I'm not sure if I have a realtime kernel. Next time it locks, I'll try the ctrl-alt-sysrq. I've been experiencing the same thing. I've assumed it was due to vmware and/or the new scheduler. At one point I got frustrated, confirmed that the computer could still be connected to and just left it alone. After 10 mins or so it started responding again. Seems to happen most when doing something intensive in vmware (like compiling a big program) and opening tabs in firefox. Dennis Payne dulsi@identicalsoftware.com I seem to have VMware installed (if I type vm TAB TAB I get a bunch of choices, but if I rpm -q vmware, it's not installed), but I can't seem to get it to work, I use virtualbox. Thanks for all your help! Walt Smolts says my set-up is http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_7932ef68-1e8a-4e4a-a49c-c9414ff63bd2 Contents of /var/log anaconda.log anaconda.syslog anaconda.xlog aprsd audit BackupPC bittorrent boot.log boot.log-20090125 boot.log-20090201 boot.log-20090208 boot.log-20090215 bro btmp btmp-20090201 clamd.milter cluster collectl ConsoleKit cron cron-20090125 cron-20090201 cron-20090208 cron-20090215 cups dirmngr dirsrv dmesg dmesg.old faillog fax freshclam.log gdm glpi httpd iptraf jetty kismet lastlog ldirectord.log ldirectord.log-20090125 ldirectord.log-20090201 ldirectord.log-20090208 ldirectord.log-20090215 libvirt mail maillog maillog-20090125 maillog-20090201 maillog-20090208 maillog-20090215 mcelog messages messages-20090125 messages-20090201 messages-20090208 messages-20090215 munin mysqld.log mythtv nagios ntpstats ocsinventory-agent PackageKit pm-powersave.log pm-suspend.log ppp prelink privoxy rpmpkgs rpmpkgs-20090125 rpmpkgs-20090201 rpmpkgs-20090208 rpmpkgs-20090215 samba secure secure-20090125 secure-20090201 secure-20090208 secure-20090215 setroubleshoot snort spooler spooler-20090125 spooler-20090201 spooler-20090208 spooler-20090215 squid tallylog tinyerp tomcat5 tor vbox vbox-install.log vdradmin vmware wpa_supplicant.log wtmp wtmp-20081101 xen Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log.old Xorg.1.log Xorg.1.log.old Xorg.2.log yum.log yum.log-20080302 yum.log-20080423 yum.log-20080630 yum.log-20090101 zabbix zoneminder Tal Cohen wrote:
Hi Walt, Anything in /var/log?
TC
-----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Walt Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:35 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Fedora freezes
I have been experiencing freezes with Fedora 10. For no apparent reason, the machine just stops. No mouse, no keyboard (no ctrl alt F1 or ctrl alt del). I can only reboot with the on-off switch. Any ideas as to what I can check? Thanks! Walt
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