Re: sata io freeze, 2.6.18 and also 2.6.24

[Luis Sousa]

--- Luis Sousa <ls.luis_sousa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> --- Luis Sousa <ls.luis_sousa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > 
> > --- Luis Sousa <ls.luis_sousa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > 
> > > --- Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > 
> > > > Luis Sousa wrote:
> > > > > I've been having consistent hard system freezes for a
> > > > > long time, every 2 days or so, and finally decided to
> > > > > move to the most recent stable kernel. Unfortunatelly
> > > > > that didn't fix it. The freezes seem to be io-related;
> > > > > they started since I moved my drive to sata. They seem
> > > > > to happen mostly when there's an io-intensive operation,
> > > > > like extracting a big archive; a reboot is needed.
> > > > 
> > > > We need more info, namely full 'dmesg', 'lspci -v', and your kernel config.
> > > > 
> > > > Also, make /sure/ you are not running closed-source modules known to 
> > > > crash the system, like ndiswrapper or nvidia graphics driver.
> > > > 
> > > > 	Jeff
> > > 
> > > I'm quite sure.
> 
> It seems I have a failing RAM problem.


> I'll try fixing that and if it still keeps crashing, I'll be in touch.
> 
> --
> Luis Sousa

OK, it's definitely not the RAM; I tried three new RAM modules, and the
crashes continue with all of them. Sometimes the sysrq keys work, usually
only for rebooting. Not sure it's sata, but I'm clueless here. Still
seems like a vm thing to me.

--
Luis Sousa


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