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2008/10/12 Alexander Puchmayr <alexander.puchmayr@×××××××.at>: |
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> MY gentoo system (an amd64@4400+, 2GB ram, nforce4-chipset) |
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> worked fine for nearly two years, but now it frequently freezes, sometimes |
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> (not always) scrollock and capslock LED blinking). |
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If you have another machine lying around, try setting up netconsole |
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and/or serial console logging. They should catch any dying messages |
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from your kernel. Blinking LEDs indicates a panic, which means you |
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should get a message in those cases, at least. |
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Using serial console is the easiest and most reliable way, but |
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requires a serial cable. Netconsole just uses ethernet but isn't as |
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reliable. Take a look at Documentation/serial-console.txt and |
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Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt under your kernel source |
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directory for more info. |
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Cheers, |
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Duane. |
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"I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan |
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