Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3073 mails)

[M Harris <harrismh777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 02 January 2008 16:46, Chris wrote:
> Hello,the last few days I have sometimes a kernel
> panic and I cannot do anything in order to reboot
> unless unplug the laptop.Is there any way to reboot or
> exit from that situation?Is there any way to keep
> these messages from the screen for debugging?
   Which kernel are you currently using? openSUSE version?

   A kernel panic is a very rare occurrence if you are using a stock kernel, 
and standard hardware/drivers. Usually a kernel panic is caused by a hardware 
failure (which is not compatible with a particular driver) or a bad, 
corrupted, or faulty driver-- it usually is not the kernel, but sometimes it 
is.
   What I would do is to remove (or disable) all of your peripheral hardware 
like-- usb devices (including, keyboards, mice, modems, flash memory, etc), 
external communication pluggings, etc.  (you might even want to disable stuff 
in your bios like serial port, par port, infrared, etc)
   Then, see if the kernel panic goes away... my bet is that it will.
   Then, reconfigure (and test for a while) each peripheral.... one by one... 
until you find the one that is causing the problem.

   Then-- submit a bug report.... 

   My sister had a similar problem... she was using a usb modem that went 
bad... kernel panic was the result of certain modem operations. The solution 
was to replace the modem.  (Who knows what the driver choked on, but the 
culprit was actually a poorly written driver)

   Hope this helps.



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Kind regards,

M Harris     <><
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