Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/05/12 12:36, Robert Fox wrote: > On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 12:11 +0200, AL13N wrote: >>> On 21/05/12 18:11, Robert Fox wrote: >>> Any hints what I could check? >>> At first I though this was Firefox related (like flash pr

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-22 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 12:11 +0200, AL13N wrote: > > On 21/05/12 18:11, Robert Fox wrote: > > > >> > >> Any hints what I could check? > >> > > > >> At first I though this was Firefox related (like flash > >> problem or something) because it was most noticeable when I surfed - > >> firefox freezes of

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-22 Thread AL13N
> On 21/05/12 18:11, Robert Fox wrote: > >> >> Any hints what I could check? >> > >> At first I though this was Firefox related (like flash >> problem or something) because it was most noticeable when I surfed - >> firefox freezes off and on and it is really frustrating. > > > Nope, but I got into

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Dimitrios Glentadakis
Στις 21/05/2012 23:17:05 Mahmut Bulut γράψατε: > probably ntpd won't cause something like this, this is not a botnet > attack :) and also situation can't caused from cpu usage. I think it > can be (and your thought i appreciate) is kernel-related problem. > And use a c code something like that to p

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Mahmut Bulut
probably ntpd won't cause something like this, this is not a botnet attack :) and also situation can't caused from cpu usage. I think it can be (and your thought i appreciate) is kernel-related problem. And use a c code something like that to panic; char *kernel_panic = NULL; char message = *kerne

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread eatdirt
On 21/05/12 18:11, Robert Fox wrote: Any hints what I could check? At first I though this was Firefox related (like flash problem or something) because it was most noticeable when I surfed - firefox freezes off and on and it is really frustrating. Nope, but I got into same pb during a wh

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 19:50 +0200, David Sjölin wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AL13N wrote: > > perhaps check the logs (/var/log/messages) for information regarding those > > downtimes. > > > > see if the ping also delays > > > > perhaps try to monitor something via ssh or in tty, to se

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 18:11 +0200, Robert Fox wrote: > The problem occurs under both KDE and Gnome > > Basically, the system seems to freeze up (mouse moves) but nothing else > - gkrellem freezes and no errors occur - it just seems to hang - but > magically wake up again after some time (many se

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread David Sjölin
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AL13N wrote: > perhaps check the logs (/var/log/messages) for information regarding those > downtimes. > > see if the ping also delays > > perhaps try to monitor something via ssh or in tty, to see if it's only > the graphic card. > > also, check ntpd settings, do

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread AL13N
perhaps check the logs (/var/log/messages) for information regarding those downtimes. see if the ping also delays perhaps try to monitor something via ssh or in tty, to see if it's only the graphic card. also, check ntpd settings, do they make big jumps? etc... in short: logging is always the

[Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Fox
Hello All - I am experiencing a strange problem with a specific machine running Cauldron. I am beginning to believe it is NOT a Mageia problem because when I boot into Ubuntu 12.04 the problem exists as well. I think it may be hardware related but I can not find what is causing this issue. The