On 31 Dec, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if > anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load > on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I > have top running during this time, it will show loads >3; however, > there is never a program running with more than a few % of the > processor. > > During this time, there is nothing I can do, other than switch consoles. > I can type in one command per console/xterm, but then it will just sit. > Eventually the system will come back, and be normal. > > Does anyone have an idea on what is happening? Also, is there a way to > get a running log of the load and processor hogging programs (kind of > like top -> syslog type thing)? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > More information for you:
I just noticed that this seems to happen most when I've let the system be idle for a while. Attached is a portion from the syslog with some hda problems. But I'm not sure what they mean. Also, I'm running 2.1.131
Dec 31 17:24:56 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:24:56 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:25:26 debian kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 Dec 31 17:25:27 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:25:27 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 5128238 Dec 31 17:25:27 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:25:27 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:25:27 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:25:57 debian kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 Dec 31 17:25:57 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:25:57 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 49164 Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:26:27 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:26:57 debian kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 Dec 31 17:26:57 debian kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Dec 31 17:26:57 debian kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:27:08 debian kernel: ide0: reset: success Dec 31 17:26:22 debian in.smtpd[9115]: connect from 127.0.0.1 Dec 31 17:26:22 debian tcplogd: smtp connection attempt from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1] Dec 31 17:26:22 debian tcplogd: auth connection attempt from debian [127.0.0.1] Dec 31 17:26:22 debian tcplogd: auth connection attempt from debian [127.0.0.1]