This has me puzzled. I'm not sure if it is a kernel panic or just X
freezing since it never leaves anything in the logs. Has anyone had this
problem? It seems to happen most often when I am listening to mp3's
although it has happened a few times while it was just sitting there
doing nothing.
Also I am using BootX. Someone mentioned that the kernel is unreliable
with BootX. I have not experienced any problems (barring the one that I
mentioned) with it. What sorts of things are likely to happen? What is
the upgrade process like to go to one of the newer bootloaders?
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Gwyn Judd wrote:
This has me puzzled. I'm not sure if it is a kernel panic or just X
freezing since it never leaves anything in the logs.
Pinging from a remote machine can tell for sure as well as the Magic Sysrq
keys.
Has anyone had this problem?
It seems to happen most often when I am listening to mp3's although it has
happened a few times while it was just sitting there doing nothing.
It has also happened to me when the machine was idle. But I've been playing
MP3s extensively without any lockups for some time now.
Also I am using BootX.
Me yaboot (BootX doesn't work on my Pismo).
What machine do you have?
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
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This has me puzzled. I'm not sure if it is a kernel panic or just X
freezing since it never leaves anything in the logs. Has anyone had this
problem? It seems to happen most often when I am listening to mp3's
although it has happened a few times while it was just sitting there
doing nothing.
Also I am using BootX. Someone mentioned that the kernel is unreliable
with BootX. I have not experienced any problems (barring the one that I
mentioned) with it. What sorts of things are likely to happen? What is
the upgrade process like to go to one of the newer bootloaders?
yaboot is only useful if you have a newworld mac.
Did you try killing the X server (ctrl-command-option-backspace) ? Does
it work ?
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
Did you try killing the X server (ctrl-command-option-backspace) ? Does
it work ?
That doesn't work either if the server is locked up...
I also wonder quite much what the Magic Sysrq keys are on Macs (specifically
on the Pismo ;)
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS
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