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I recently upgraded my HP Omnibook Xe2-DC (product code F2028WT) laptop from SuSE Linux 7.2 to SuSE Linux 7.3 (pretty much a stock installation). Every now and then, apparently at random intervals, the machine will freeze, not responding to keyboard or touchpad input (not even Ctrl-Alt-Del). Only a hard reboot will bring the machine back. When the machine freezes, the caps lock and scroll lock LEDs will start blinking (about 1/s). HP supports says "as far as I know, the LEDs are not used for any diagnostics". This has happened twice so far today (in a few hours of running). I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so... Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure? -Erik
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* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'. -- -ckm
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Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'.
I tried that and it still freezes. -Erik
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Erik Kiledal wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'.
I tried that and it still freezes.
-Erik
What does /var/log/messages say? I installed 7.3 on mine (new install on a new HD after running 6.4 for over a year), and I had some strange lockups. Inside of a month the HD failed. Got it replaced, and I have had much better success. I would either suspect hardware or misconfiguration, especially of X. YMMV. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871
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I am now thinking there is a connection to using the Cisco 5000 VPN client - I'm quite sure the freezes only happens when the vpn module is loaded. Hmm..Maybe I should look for an update to this module. I do see a lot of network driver related problems (I'm using a Linksys WPC11 wireless PCMCIA card which normally works fine): Mar 26 06:44:59 ranger kernel: eth0: Error -110 setting multicast list. Mar 26 06:44:59 ranger kernel: eth0: Error -16 setting multicast list. Mar 26 06:44:59 ranger kernel: eth0: Error -16 setting multicast list. .... Mar 26 08:30:16 ranger kernel: eth0: Error -110 writing packet header to BAP Mar 26 08:30:16 ranger kernel: eth0: Error -16 writing packet header to BAP in /var/log/warn I wonder what (which piece of software/hardware) triggers the blinking LEDs? I have now read about IBM Thinkpads with the same symptoms. -Erik Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) wrote:
Erik Kiledal wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'.
I tried that and it still freezes.
-Erik
What does /var/log/messages say? I installed 7.3 on mine (new install on a new HD after running 6.4 for over a year), and I had some strange lockups. Inside of a month the HD failed. Got it replaced, and I have had much better success. I would either suspect hardware or misconfiguration, especially of X. YMMV.
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Have you tried booting with ide=nodma? Chris Haynes "Erik Kiledal" Replied:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'.
I tried that and it still freezes.
-Erik
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If this is a Athlon, try booting with mem=nopentium.
HTH,
Jeffrey
Quoting Christopher Mahmood
* Erik Kiledal (erik@kiledal.com) [020318 16:57]:
I am not 100% sure that the freezes started after the SuSE 7.3 upgrade, but I think so...
Any suggestions? Is this more likely to be a hardware failure?
You can try booting with 'disableapic'.
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Chris Haynes
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Christopher Mahmood
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Erik Kiledal
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Jeffrey Taylor
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Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM)