Re: Linux Sudden Death Syndrome?
David C. Niemi (niemidc@clark.net)
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:17:29 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, root wrote:
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 18:31:22 -0700 (PDT)
> From: root <root@sasami.anime.net>
> > > Has anyone had experience with the "Linux Sudden Death Syndrome?"
> > >
> > > We've had this problem from 1.1.13 all the way to 1.2.13. We've switched to
> > > various hardware, motherboards, etc. and the problem stays. It appears at
> > > this point to be a kernel problem.
> > Did you switch ethernet cards, specifically brands? I got sudden death
> > for a long while until I switched ethernet cards.
>
> Yes. Switched from an NE2000 to a WD8013 to a 3C509, had sudden death every
> time. And someone else has Linux Sudden Death with SMC Ultras. I seriously
> doubt it's the network card.
Another suggestion: if you are running klogd, stop running it. Some types
of hangs will be unable to write to files (e.g. /var/adm/messages) but
are able to print out a message on the screen, which could tell you what
is happening. This isn't very convenient in the long run, but for
debugging unexplained hangs it can really help.
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