Re: kernel freezes with 2.6.12.5 and 2.6.13

[Peter Münster]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Peter Münster (pmlists@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> > 
> > > * Peter Münster (pmlists@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > > with 2.6.12.4 no problem. But with a newer version, I get a black screen
> > > > and no more network access, when trying to print (lpr some-file.ps).
> > > > Everything else seems to work ok.
> > > > Printer is a network-printer managed by cups.
> > > > I suppose, it's a smp-problem, so here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> > > 
> > > Is this 100% reproducible?  Do you get any kernel oops messages on
> > > the console?  There are very few patches between 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.12.5,
> > > so if the problem is reproducible can you narrow to the specific patch?
> > 
> > Yes, it's 100% reproducible. But I do not get any message. Display is
> > shutting down, and no more access with ssh. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work
> > neither. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Are you running X?  Can you reproduce running lpr from console command line?

Yes, I'm running XFree86. Thank you for the patches.
I'm going to try without X and the different patches Friday.

Unfortunately, my system froze today with the 2.6.12.4 kernel in the same
manner (black screen), and it's *not* reproducible: I've just read a pdf
with gv...

Thanks for your efforts, Peter

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