On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:53 PM, Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net> wrote:
On 01/18/2011 09:42 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
Andy> The computer in question is my server, which doesn't have Andy> wireless. It has been a rock for 4-5 years (until I upgraded to Andy> Kubuntu 10.10).
Try upgrading to 2.6.37 from Kernel org (fakeroot make deb-pkg) using your distributions .config file should let you know if it's something in Linux which is screwing you over.
And what are you doing watching movies on your server for! It should be a nice headless box you just SSH into at need. *grin*
But first Andy, you need to give us more details. Does the entire box freeze or just the graphics? Can you hit Alt-SysRq-T or other combinations to get the system to give you crash info?
Can you have an SSH session open from another system where you tail -f /var/log/messages and /var/log/system and dmesg so you can see if something pops up?
We need more details before we can help!
John
HI John,
I am running 2.6.35-24-generic from Kubuntu 10.10. I'll see if I can upgrade the kernel this weekend.
When the boxes freezes, I cannot ssh into the box. I cannot switch to a text console. It is totally stuck, and the caps lock and scroll lock leds are blinking on the keyboard.
I haven't tried the Alt-SysRq key sequence yet...I believe that I have to enable that functionality.
Probably won't work. Das Blinkenlights meanen der kernel panick, and der keyboard probably will be schtuck. Check kerneloops.org and the Linux bugtracker if you rule out the ATI driver. I would just use VGA mode to check that.
The trick you mentioned about running tail -f /var/log/messages from another system is a good one that I had not considered! I'll try that also.
Until I get more data, I suspect there isn't much anybody can do to help, but I do appreciate these suggestions for how to gather some of that data.
More news later,
Andy
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