Attach a serial console to your Alpha (COM1/ttyS0) at 9600 bps.
Compile the kernel with CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y, and
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y. Boot with parameter console=ttyS
Now you will get all printk() outputs into that serial console
display (it can be another machine running some terminal emulator
too, no need to have a real terminal there..). A bonus is that
if the machine Oopses, you will see where that happened, even
when it kills your display, or whatever..
When the system appears to freeze, try to use the magic SysRQ
keys e.g. Ctrl-Alt-SysRQ-? (for help), Ctrl-Alt-SysRQ-P
(showProgramcounter). If it works at all, it will tell you,
where it is executing in the kernel. Then hunt that address
down and report here.
Perhaps you need to compile the kernel with "-g" option in the
CFLAGS, though..
I am using 2.1.126 (haven't had time to pull in latter ones yet),
and it does not freeze on me.
> Regards,
> --
> Roberto Lumbreras
> e-mail: rover@lander.es, rover@etsit.upm.es, rover@debian.org
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> Another Alpha user -- who always
arms himself with sufficient debug
utilities..
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