Hi Randall, On Saturday 17 November 2007 21:27:42 Randall R Schulz wrote:
Clive,
On Saturday 17 November 2007 13:13, Clive Rogers wrote:
Hi,
Any one come up with why the system still locks up ? I have tried everything that I have seen on this list to stop the lock ups and tried what I have seen on the internet.
Have you installed the recent kernel upgrade? If you're succumbing to the deadlocks to which the previous version's Reiser FS code was susceptible, your system could appear to hang, usually partially and likely progressively (as more processes fall into the "sleep from which none awake," if you will).
If you have upgraded, then I'd suspect hardware problems. Have you looked in your kernel logs (/var/log/messages) for any telltale diagnostics?
Yes I am running the lastest updates. I checked the /var/log/messages and the only thing in there is putting the /dev/sda -a -d sat in the smartd.conf. This I have done so I don't know if this will cure the problem. Probably not but its worth a try anyway.
I did a test on the last lock up. I inserted a data DVD in to the DVD draw and the system came up with the data on the DVD but I had no control. Neither mouse nor keyboard would bring the system back to me. I had to press reset to get back into the system after a reboot.
Looks like the system has a problem with the mouse and keyboard for some reason but what I have no idea.
It could be the hardware (are they USB or PS/2 peripherals?), but since the mouse and keyboard input is all mediated by the X server (when it's running), problems with mouse and keyboard responsiveness are not necessarily hardware problems.
Both the mouse and keyboard are wireless but plug into the PS/2 port. Worked fine on SuSE 8,9 and 10 series but started playing up with 10.3 Works fine under XP too.
I've also seen systems show progressive "lock-up" when there's a run-away process that's consuming swap space to the point where the kernel begins to be unable launch new processes and eventually pick off (kill) other processes.
I have 1 gig of DDR2 ram and a 2 gig swap. Running on Reiser FS.
... Clive
Randall Schulz
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