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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel BUG
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:01:39
Message-Id: 200811041801.32638.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel BUG by David Relson
1 On Dienstag 04 November 2008, David Relson wrote:
2 > On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:33:09 -0200
3 >
4 > Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
5 > > >> For about a week, my workstation has been crashing every day or so.
6 > > >> Typically it happens late at night while BackupPC is backing up a
7 > > >> hard drive. With "tail -F /var/log/messages" running I saw EXT3
8 > > >> mentioned a few days ago and started suspecting a hard drive
9 > > >> problem.
10 >
11 > ... [snip]....
12 >
13 > > >> Is there a better way to capture the full BUG output???
14 > > >> Once I have the full BUG output, what's the next useful thing to
15 > > >> do?
16 > > >
17 > > > join the lkml (linux kernel mailing list) and let them know about
18 > > > it?
19 > >
20 > > For a patched kernel like gentoo-sources, wouldn't it be appropriate
21 > > better to file a bug report at Gentoo's bugzilla?
22 >
23 > At the moment I'm trying to capture the full BUG output. Once I have
24 > that, I'll report it and (likely) switch to a different kernel
25 > version with hopes of having a reliable system once again.
26 >
27 >
28 > David
29
30 install vanilla-sources.
31 if crash happens again, report to lkml. Joining is not necessary nor
32 recommended.