Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-16 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O is completely unresponsive. It is not possible to SSH into it at this stage (ssh fails with a Host Unreachable error). The only remedy is a manual re

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 17.06.2012, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > i7-3930K clocked at 4.2Ghz with 1.240 vcore (stable) I bet your problem lies here. Correct the overclocking to the parameters your CPU is designed for, and your problems will presumably be gone. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org T

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Steve Underwood
On 06/17/2012 04:42 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 17.06.2012, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: i7-3930K clocked at 4.2Ghz with 1.240 vcore (stable) I bet your problem lies here. Correct the overclocking to the parameters your CPU is designed for, and your problems will presumably be gone. I like the

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Steve Underwood wrote: > On 06/17/2012 04:42 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > >> On 17.06.2012, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> >> i7-3930K clocked at 4.2Ghz with 1.240 vcore (stable) >>> >> I bet your problem lies here. Correct the overclocking to the >> parameters your

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Steve Underwood wrote: > >> On 06/17/2012 04:42 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: >> >>> On 17.06.2012, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >>> >>> i7-3930K clocked at 4.2Ghz wit

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.06.2012 13:08, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: > Heinz and Steve - thank you for taking time to reply. The reason I added > stable is because the CPU is stable at > that voltage. In fact, it is stable at even lower vcores, I put it higher to > avoid any margins. Thanks anyway. > For the re

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 17.06.2012 13:08, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: > > Heinz and Steve - thank you for taking time to reply. The reason I added > stable is because the CPU is stable at > > that voltage. In fact, it is stable at even lower vcores, I put

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> >> >> Am 17.06.2012 13:08, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: >> > Heinz and Steve - thank you for taking time to reply. The reason I >> add

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < > christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Am 17.06.2012 13

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Ed Greshko
Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >Problem has been solved for the record - followed a recommendation and >notched vcore up to 1.280, misread one of the original graphs. > So, your problem is fixed? You found the problem was related to your over clocking settings after all? -- Sent from my Andro

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > > >Problem has been solved for the record - followed a recommendation and > >notched vcore up to 1.280, misread one of the original graphs. > > > > So, your problem is fixed? You found the problem was related t

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 17.06.2012, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Can somebody please answer my OP and point me to what syslogs I can examine > to figure out what went on the freezes? Thanks! Works M-sysrq on this machine? If you have a kernel compiled with support for it (standard Fedora kernels have it), then che

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Jeff Gipson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 01:44:47PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: Problem has been solved for the record - followed a recommendation and notched vcore up to 1.280, misread one of the original graphs. -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk ### End of Message from Christopher Svanefalk ##

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Jeff Gipson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 01:44:47PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >> Problem has been solved for the record - followed a recommendation and >> notched vcore up to 1.280, misread one of the original graphs. >> >> -- >> Best, >> >> Christ

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Jeff Gipson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 02:10:35PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Jeff Gipson wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 01:44:47PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: Problem has been solved for the record - followed a recommendation and notched vcore up to 1.280,

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 17.06.2012 08:40, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up > seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O > is completely unresponsive. It is not possible to SSH into it at this stage > (ssh fails with

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz < mmarzantow...@osdf.com.pl> wrote: > On 17.06.2012 08:40, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up > seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up > seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O is > completely unresponsive. It is not possible to SSH into it at this stage > (s

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/2012 03:02 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Christopher Svanefalk > wrote: >> Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up >> seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O is >> completely unresponsive.

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/18/2012 03:02 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Christopher Svanefalk > > wrote: > >> Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely > freezing up > >> seemingly randomly. The display freezes

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/2012 03:40 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Ed, Im using Nouveau, never had them cause issues for me in the past though. OK I too have had little problems with nouveau. The only problems I've had with nouveau has been the occasional "jumbled" screen. The nVidia binaries have be

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread agraham
On 06/17/2012 12:35 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Reindl Haraldwrote: Am 17.06.2012 13:08, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: Heinz and Steve - thank you for taking time to reply. The reason I added stable is because the CPU is stable at that voltage. In fac

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 18.06.2012 12:44, schrieb agraham: >> Reindl - no offense, but do you know anything at all about overclocking? >> Let alone how suitable the 3930K is for it, and how well it scales? If not, >> there are several helpful resources you can consult, I recommend this one: >> >> http://www.overclock

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 18.06.2012 12:44, schrieb agraham: > >> Reindl - no offense, but do you know anything at all about overclocking? > >> Let alone how suitable the 3930K is for it, and how well it scales? If > not, > >> there are several helpful resource

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2012 06:19 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: Yes, true, if you are doing it wrong. The CPU is perfectly stable at this voltage, hence why I wanted to know if other components could be involved. Back when I was doing tech support, I knew a tech who was running NT 4 and insisted that i

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Richard Vickery
I had problems with freeze-ups. after a few weeks after trying to remove something, I re-installed F17 and haven't had a freeze-up since. I wish I knew what I needed to stop, but one cannot give the top command after a freeze. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2012 06:

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread William Brown
> ...even when the hardware is MEANT to be overclocked? When a cpu is made, they test it's ability to run stable at the max frequency of that die. If it passes, it gets shipped at say, 3.8Ghz. If it fails, it gets tested if it runs stable at say 3.4. If it passes, great, they lock it to 3.4 and s

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2012 08:01 PM, William Brown wrote: When a cpu is made, they test it's ability to run stable at the max frequency of that die. If it passes, it gets shipped at say, 3.8Ghz. AIUI, if the design spec is 3.8Ghz, that's the highest they check. Thus, chips shipped at that speed may be able

Re: Debugging a system freeze?

2012-07-30 Thread Pedro Francisco
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Recently I have been having problems with my machine completely freezing up > seemingly randomly. The display freezes in its current frame, and all I/O is > completely unresponsive. It is not possible to SSH into it at this stage > (s