[gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
Lately since my fresh gentoo install, i've been having a lot of problems with the kernel locking up at random. It's not a hard lockup, or a panic crash, it just stops running new processes, i get a lot of defuncts.. and dosn't let new users log in at all, sudo/su-ing either. I've checked everythi

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 14 February 2007, Ivan Lucian Aron wrote: > Lately since my fresh gentoo install, i've been having a lot of > problems with the kernel locking up at random. > It's not a hard lockup, or a panic crash, it just stops running new > processes, i get a lot of defuncts.. and dosn't let new u

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Duane Griffin
On 14/02/07, Ivan Lucian Aron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lately since my fresh gentoo install, i've been having a lot of problems with the kernel locking up at random. It's not a hard lockup, or a panic crash, it just stops running new processes, i get a lot of defuncts.. and dosn't let new users

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
On 2/14/07, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2007, Ivan Lucian Aron wrote: > Lately since my fresh gentoo install, i've been having a lot of > problems with the kernel locking up at random. > It's not a hard lockup, or a panic crash, it just stops running new > p

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
On 2/14/07, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14/02/07, Ivan Lucian Aron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lately since my fresh gentoo install, i've been having a lot of problems > with the kernel locking up at random. > It's not a hard lockup, or a panic crash, it just stops running new >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
Just tried disabling Preemt Big Kernel Lock, and Voluntary Preept I read somewhere that X2 Users should disable it.. So i'm currently waiting to see if locks still happen..

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2007, Ivan Lucian Aron wrote: > On 2/14/07, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SysRq-t? Sorry can't find it in portage, can you explain please? less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
On 2/14/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2007, Ivan Lucian Aron wrote: > On 2/14/07, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SysRq-t? Sorry can't find it in portage, can you explain please? less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt -- gentoo-

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Duane Griffin
On 14/02/07, Ivan Lucian Aron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I haven't tried vanilla sources Fair enough, let's see where the problem seems to be, anyway. So wait for it to lock again, and check the kernel tasks with sysrq-t / echo t >/proc/sysrq-trigger. Will get back as soon as I get more info.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Pongrácz István
I had the same experience, when I turned on the 'DMA engine' option in the kernel config (from 2.6.18.x) I disabled it and after it everything are working fine. István 2007. 02. 14, szerda keltezéssel 15.30-kor Ivan Lucian Aron ezt írta: > > > On 2/14/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin > <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 14 February 2007, Pongrácz István wrote: > I had the same experience, when I turned on the 'DMA engine' option > in the kernel config (from 2.6.18.x) > I disabled it and after it everything are working fine. That's interesting. I've wondered what that option is since it came out, as

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-14 Thread Ivan Lucian Aron
I turned off Preempt Big Kernel Lock earlier today, and haven't had a deadlock/crash since. Apparently that solved it.. thanks for the help/support

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel randomly locking up, no error messeges, no panics nothing.

2007-02-20 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Ivan Lucian Aron wrote: > I turned off Preempt Big Kernel Lock earlier today, and haven't had a > deadlock/crash since. > Apparently that solved it.. thanks for the help/support I have an AMD Athlon 64X2 4200+ and Have the "Preempt Big Kernel Lock" turned on in my 2.6.19 kernel and have experience