From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964812AbVL3QhU (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932228AbVL3QhU (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:20 -0500 Received: from [202.67.154.148] ([202.67.154.148]:49284 "EHLO ns666.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932217AbVL3QhT (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:19 -0500 Message-ID: <43B5623D.7080402@ns666.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:37:17 +0100 From: Mark v Wolher User-Agent: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.1; U) X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark v Wolher CC: Jesper Juhl , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing References: <43B53EAB.3070800@ns666.com> <9a8748490512300627w26569c06ndd4af05a8d6d73b6@mail.gmail.com> <43B557D7.6090005@ns666.com> In-Reply-To: <43B557D7.6090005@ns666.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark v Wolher wrote: > > Jesper Juhl wrote: > >>On 12/30/05, Trilight wrote: >> >> >>>Hiya, >>> >>>I'm using the 2.6.14.5 kernel and i notice that the system freezes >>>sometimes, within 24 hours usually, a total freeze, no mouse/keyb >>>reaction. Also i notice that apps crash randomly sometimes. >>> >> >>When did this start to happen? Was it OK with a previous kernel >>version? if it was ok with a previous version, then what was that >>version? >>Was it OK before you added a particular piece of hardware? If so, what >>hardware? Have you tried removing that hardware to see if the problem >>goes away? >> >> >> >>>What can i do to investigate this ? >>> >> >>A few things you can try : >> >>1) Start by providing some more info. Some details on your >>hardware/software. Something like the following + whatever else you >>consider relevant : >> - name and version of your Linux distribution >> - output of the scripts/ver_linux script found in the kernel source >> - your kernels .config file >> - full dmesg output after boot >> - Motherboard name/model >> - output of cat /proc/cpuinfo >> - output of cat /proc/meminfo >> - output of lspci -vv >> - output of lsusb >> >>2) Tell us what you have already tried in order to try and resolve the >>problem, including your results with the various things you've tried. >> >>3) Try building/running a kernel with the various debug options found >>in the kernel hacking section turned on and see if that results in >>more details in dmesg/logs etc and provide the extra info if any. >> >>4) Try building a 2.6.15-rc7-git4 kernel with the same config and see >>if that one also has problems. >> >>Make sure your hardware is OK, CPU not overheating, RAM is OK (run >>memtest86 with all tests enabled overnight) etc. >> >>Try removing all extra hardware components in your system you don't >>need for the system to boot and see if the problem then goes away. If >>it does, try adding back hardware one piece at a time and re-test, >>find out if it's related to a certain piece of hardware or a specific >>driver. > > > <..> > > Thanks for the advise ! > > About the memory test, i did that, 7 full passes, no errors, it's 512mb > ecc memory btw. I'm going to let it, when i go to sleep, run the whole > night. > > hardware: > > System is a dell precision workstation 650, dual xeon 2.4ghz w/HT, intel > E7505 motherboard. > > distro: debian sarge > kernel: vanilla 2.6.14.5 > > for the rest there is nothing special to see in dmesg output, lspci or > with lsusb. cpuinfo shows everything what it should show. > > Memoinfo: > > MemTotal: 512528 kB > MemFree: 8760 kB > Buffers: 2656 kB > Cached: 236216 kB > SwapCached: 2052 kB > Active: 390480 kB > Inactive: 54756 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 512528 kB > LowFree: 8760 kB > SwapTotal: 4883680 kB > SwapFree: 4864064 kB > Dirty: 112 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > Mapped: 388988 kB > Slab: 23320 kB > CommitLimit: 5139944 kB > Committed_AS: 518952 kB > PageTables: 1912 kB > VmallocTotal: 515796 kB > VmallocUsed: 25496 kB > VmallocChunk: 487120 kB > > > Other findings; > > - all kernels had the same issue, except (not 100 % sure) 2.4.2X kernels > - tried acpi=noirq without success and many many other acpi options & > combo's > - nvidia binary driver replaced by kernel nv driver but without success > > I have no reason to suspect the tvcard which is a terratec value with a > bt878 chip, support in the kernel. But on the other hand it could be the > tvcard, but i see no relation to anything with it. I tried also using > DAC snoop in the bios but no good. > > None of the issue's occur when using windows xp pro/rhel enterprise 4 > > I'm going to let the memory test on for the whole night, i'll also > compile the kernel with debugging options on. But i don't think the > debugging options will matter since nothing is logged when the freeze > occurs. > I'm not sure what to make of this, but it looks like only 1 cpu is kept busy with interrupts: CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 0: 1033372 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 10346 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042 7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 4795679 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 29 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 21 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ide1 169: 12646 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level eth0 177: 166090 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level bttv0 185: 59 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb4 193: 76030 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide3 201: 5 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb1 209: 681735 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb2, nvidia 217: 465677 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb3 225: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level Intel 82801DB-ICH4 233: 33792 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level EMU10K1 NMI: 0 0 0 0 LOC: 1033319 1033572 1033571 1033570 ERR: 0 MIS: 0