Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755991AbYLKAdZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:33:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753545AbYLKAdQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:33:16 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f13.google.com ([209.85.218.13]:58527 "EHLO mail-bw0-f13.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753089AbYLKAdP (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:33:15 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=bffey07p53aeGQj2RVQzilnqkvP+vfL+d+5dzy2UenJEWhfRKn1Mc0mvK9JrzuFnG0 Ea8x5o1EktkTb22acqqZHseTVFmZeeS45umQ3J34tZF1Lnp6AZ7PfQqIBNVV5R0SvJgj mf1hNRdGFX+QbnNvj/gNOd+yMqLCiTFAEQWbg= Message-ID: <2c0942db0812101633o614390b0ob26e0d83ab78f0cf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:33:12 -0800 From: "Ray Lee" To: "Task Struct From Hell" Subject: Re: linux rebooting w/o crash dump Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Google-Sender-Auth: e10fae42df6969fa Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1155 Lines: 27 On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Task Struct From Hell wrote: > Is there any way to debug a kernel that shuts down without leaving any > sign of crash, shutdown demand or anything else? > > I am absolutely sure it's not a power issue, as I am running > multi-boot and it's never shutting down on my other OSes, That means nothing. Linux could be improperly driving the fans or processor, and the board may be going into thermal shutdown. It wouldn't be a hardware problem, but rather the kernel causing one. > plus, with a > newer kernel everything works like a charm - even with the flag > 'noreboot'. Confused. You mean a newer linux kernel doesn't show the problem? Please explain? > I would seriously love to find the root of this problem, > but I'm feeling slightly hand-tied on it, been seeking for hints and > trying different configurations for about 2 weeks... -- 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/