Re: The stability crisis
Joel D. Elkins (jde@binarts.com)
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:02:04 -0500
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 11:04:42AM -0500, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> That's pretty much been my experience. 2.2.10 crashes on a regular
> basis. Certainly more than previous kernels. Why? Who's to say? It
> leaves behind no information. Nothing in the logs, nothing in dmesg
> (which changes with each boot up, anyhow). There's no way to try the
> magic SysRq key, as the keyboard is completely locked up. I can't
> telnet/ssh/ftp/ping the box, as it evidently stops processing all
> network requests. In short, there is absolutely no indication, not the
> slightest oops or byte left over, to even begin to give the inkling of a
> clue about why the system crashed. So how do you debug that? I don't
> even know how to cause the crash; usually i get up in the morning, or
> come home from work, to find the machine all locked up.
If you run xdm/kdm/gdm, perhaps leave the box on a virtual console.
An oops or panic might show up then.
Regards,
/jde
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Joel D. Elkins
Binary Arts, Inc.
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