On 17 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Apr 16, 2002, Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I'm hoping someone here might be able to give me a few pointers on how to > > track down a strange system lockup. > > > > When the lockup occurs, both monitors drop to power saving mode and > > the system from what I can tell is dead to the world (no network > > connectivity and completely unresponsive to local access), and both > > IDE CD drives show momentary access. The system does still have power > > as the CD drives respond appropriately to their eject buttons. > > > > The system itself is a Dell Precision Workstation 220 with the > > following hardware: > > <snip> > > > > Any ideas on how to pin a problem like this down? Possibly how to > > track what the last few actions a system made before dropping out? > > You've got a tough situation: > > - Random lockups. > - Infrequent lockups. > - No system state (logs) indicating reasons for lockups. > > I tend to divide these problems into two general areas: > > - Hardware failure. > - Software failure. > [snip]
This may be unconnected, but for many weeks I had a very similar problem: random lockups, always when on line, with the hdd light on but nothing happening. Eventually I found that it was caused by inadvertently compiling support for multiple processors into the kernel (2.4. series). Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For electronic books on the Assassins and on homeopathy, skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]