Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030602AbWBHX1w (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:27:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030608AbWBHX1w (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:27:52 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:60907 "EHLO spamalot.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030602AbWBHX1v (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:27:51 -0500 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1139441264-13688-11-0 X-Barracuda-URL: http://10.0.1.244:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:32:27 -0800 (PST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: thomas cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: Incomprehensible Boot freeze & Crash - Kernel 2.6.12 Subject: Re: Incomprehensible Boot freeze & Crash - Kernel 2.6.12 In-Reply-To: <2753bafa0602081333y2f0f8c37o210b8acb6b3b73d1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <2753bafa0602081333y2f0f8c37o210b8acb6b3b73d1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=5.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.8474 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 990 Lines: 25 On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, thomas wrote: > Hello, > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux Etch on an Acer Aspire 1682 laptop with > kernel 2.6.12-1-686. So far the system was rock solid but I'm now > experiencing a boot freeze: > > ... Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/ICE-Unix... done > INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 > Starting system log daemon: syslogd > > Then, nothing. However I can boot in "recover mode" (that is, single > user & root login). There does not seem to be any hardware failure, > the partitions are properly mounted, and there is engough free space > on any of them. When I shut down the box, hundreds of lines of errors > messages are outputted. I cannot read them all but here are the last > ones: I'd suggest running memtest on it. - 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/