Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756390AbXJ3VEv (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:04:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753561AbXJ3VEm (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:04:42 -0400 Received: from smtp3.netcabo.pt ([212.113.174.30]:3050 "EHLO exch01smtp11.hdi.tvcabo" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753533AbXJ3VEl (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:04:41 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAJY5J0dViqaH/2dsb2JhbAAMkCc Message-ID: <47279BF4.4060207@rncbc.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:02:44 +0000 From: Rui Nuno Capela User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Rostedt CC: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Gregory Haskins Subject: Re: 2.6.23.1-rt5 (was 2.6.23-rt1 trouble) References: <1192154640.15992.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <38542.213.58.131.130.1192445349.squirrel@www.rncbc.org> <471648B8.1030007@rncbc.org> <47234EA1.4050006@rncbc.org> <47239A37.8000401@rncbc.org> <472781E3.7010103@rncbc.org> <47278BE5.9070401@rncbc.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Oct 2007 21:04:37.0011 (UTC) FILETIME=[7AA98E30:01C81B38] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1624 Lines: 41 Steven Rostedt wrote: > -- >> yes, running without the *cough* nvidia module is under way. but do you >> remember that on my other laptop the freezes also happen and on that one >> there's no single proprietary modules in it? (same .config btw) problem >> is, like most modern laptops, it doesn't come bundled with a serial port >> so that can't give you a serial console evidence ... >> >> thanks for the reminder, anyway ;) >> > > hmm, it could also be a separate issue. This other laptop is the one that > took a while to freeze. Correct? > yes, it seems that was the case, but not sure if still applies. the moment of the freezes are rather random, sometimes in the (tainted) desktop one it takes a while too before it starts to hiccup. > Was it only on X apps? Or could it possible be something we could do via a > command line and then we could see vga output (if any). > most of the time, yes, it's on X applications. if I get into a tty (eg. via Alt-Ctrl-F1) it seems to eventually recover from the intermitent frozen state easier, but its just a matter of time to have it also dead on the console, sooner or later. once it starts freezing the first time I know the whole system is, how should i say? doomed ... never saw a bug, oops or panik message. it just drops dead, until SysRq-B gets hit in despair :) cheers -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@rncbc.org - 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/