Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751233AbVK1FBQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:01:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751235AbVK1FBQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:01:16 -0500 Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:26104 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751233AbVK1FBQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:01:16 -0500 Message-ID: <438A8F0F.2080205@lwfinger.net> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:01:03 -0600 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: thockin@hockin.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What are the general causes of frozen system? References: <43891D97.4000404@lwfinger.net> <20051127025221.GA30646@hockin.org> <43892281.8000601@lwfinger.net> <20051127031115.GA31651@hockin.org> In-Reply-To: <20051127031115.GA31651@hockin.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 21 thockin@hockin.org wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 09:05:37PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > >>>Look for lock-related deadlocks. Try turning on the nmi watchdog >> >>Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, adding either >>nmi_watchdog=1 or 2 makes my machine lockup in booting - just after ACPI >>is initialized. > > > Try with acpi=off, too? > It turned out that an 'lacpi' was causing the boot lockup. I tried all combinations of acpi on/off and nmi_watchdog 1/2 without any success. The NMI count in /proc/interrupts remains stuck at 0. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/