Does anyone know the cause of the (sometimes) complete lock-up of 2.4.0-t5
when shutdown & restart is selected from run level 5?
Observations/Symptoms:
the switch of VC occurs OK
Then *zilch*. No panic, no response to SysRq keys... no response to
telnet... three finger salute is the only way I've found out of it.
bk-tree (linuxppc_2_3) as of 19:00 (BST) today. (but it's been happening on
& off with the 2.4.0 tree since I've been trying it).
Iain.
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Iain Sandoe wrote:
Does anyone know the cause of the (sometimes) complete lock-up of 2.4.0-t5
when shutdown & restart is selected from run level 5?
Observations/Symptoms:
the switch of VC occurs OK
Then *zilch*. No panic, no response to SysRq keys... no response to
telnet... three finger salute is the only way I've found out of it.
It does sound familiar. I have found that occasionally (under high IDE?
loads
like digital audio CD ripping) the CUDA (VIA under 2.2) interrupt ceases
(as
in its /proc/interrupts counter stops increasing). Under these
circumstances
my beige G3/266's ADB bus has stopped at the software level as it is
handled
by the CUDA (noted as the VIA interrupt with 2.2 on my beige G3/266).
The symptoms that I observe are identical: An otherwise healthy mac
ignores
its keyboard completely (until the three finger salute is used).
I diagnosed my situation by ssh'ing in from another workstation and
watching
the /proc/interrupts file while ripping a digital audio CD.
I find that my bug is fairly easy to create on my beige G3/266. Just rip
a
cd with the grip under helix-gnome and wait. Anywhere from 1 to 11
tracks
layer, the VIA (CUDA) interrupt dies *grin*.
Another side effect of this interrupt failure is that the
'reboot/shutdown'
commands do not work. After all they are also via the CUDA on my G3. So,
when I reboot via ssh the G3 'hangs' at right at the end of the shutdown
sequence.
Be warned: my bug may be a red herring and unrelated to your issue. On
the
other hand... (isn't debugging fun?).
bk-tree (linuxppc_2_3) as of 19:00 (BST) today. (but it's been happening on
& off with the 2.4.0 tree since I've been trying it).
Iain.
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