I've been having similar problems (I was the one who wrote "Keyboard
timeout" a few days ago). If I'm sitting in console mode long enough,
the system will just spit out "Keyboard timeout" and lock hard.
Sysrq doesn't work, nothing. Nothing spectacular is going on, often
I'm not even typing when it happens. If I go into X, it's almost
guaranteed to happen within the first minute of things. Last night
I booted, logged in, fired up X, opened an rxvt, opened Netscape and
it hung the machine. This all took around a minute.
In my earlier letter, I was concerned that EGCS 1.0.3a was producing
some invalid code for my kernel (2.1.118, now with Andreas's really
nice kernel debugging stuff). Last night I installed a fresh,
clean GCC 2.2.2.3, built my kernel with it, rebooted, and had the lockup
described in the last paragraph. Things are still bad.
Alan, Linus: did something change in the last 3 kernels that would
somehow expose SMP problems with my motherboard? I've been using
SMP kernels for a year now, 2.0 up until about May, 2.1 from then to
now, and I've never had anything of the sort.
I guess I could yank my Matrox Millenium II out and try some other
VGA card, as that's the only piece of hardware that's ever caused me
problems in this machine (older XFree servers, when told to use an M II,
would sometimes lock the machine while probing for RAM. I believe
this is a firmware bug in the Matrox cards).
The Ethernet's already gone; I just have SCSI, IPv4, IDE, vgacon,
serial, parallel, psaux, and some other boring things. I'll attach
my kernel config at the end of this message.
Last night I patched 2.1.118 with Andreas's kernel debugger stuff.
That's the niftyest patch I've ever seen! But it sure doesn't
prevent this funny lockup problem. And, woudln't you know it, I can't
forcably reproduce the lockup in console mode (the only mode where I'd
get trace information) with the idk patch! Oh well, I'll keep on trying.
> And the second strange thing is that every 2nd or 3rd time I boot,
> the system panics during boot.
X doesn't repeatedly lock on my box (on load, that is), or ever panic
on boot.
Here's my .config. I'm using GCC 2.7.2.3 (EGCS 1.0.3a has the same
problem), normal CFLAGS for this CPU type, never get a SIG 11.
This machine was stable and trustworthy all up until 2.1.117:
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
# CONFIG_KMOD is not set
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
#
# Plug and Play support
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
# CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT is not set
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
# CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG is not set
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
# CONFIG_SKB_LARGE is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=y
CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
# CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=y
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100 is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_DRIVERS is not set
# CONFIG_LAPBETHER is not set
# CONFIG_X25_ASY is not set
#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_KERNEL_DEBUGGING=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KSTACK is not set
# CONFIG_KSTACK_METER is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_SOFTLOCKUP=y
CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_THRESHOLD=100000000
# CONFIG_PROFILE_GCC is not set
# CONFIG_TRACE is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_MCOUNT=y
# CONFIG_XKDEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_PRINT_EIP is not set
# CONFIG_MEMLEAK is not set
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