[Bug 7215] PCMCIA network card causes either X or kernel to freeze

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215





------- Additional Comments From ericabel at mit.edu  2006-10-16 08:36 -------
OK, I've ascertained now that it is the kernel which seizes 
up...nothing works. The serial terminal freezes up when the computer 
freezes...and I still can't
find any trace of error messages.

Eric

Quoting bugme-daemon at bugzilla.kernel.org:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215
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> ------- Additional Comments From ericabel at mit.edu  2006-09-27 15:36 -------
> Quoting bugme-daemon at bugzilla.kernel.org:
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>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215
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>> ------- Additional Comments From akpm at osdl.org  2006-09-27 13:04 -------
>> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:07:00 -0700
>> bugme-daemon at bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
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>>> I can still connect through the ethernet port, which is unaffected by this
>>> problem.
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>> You can?  That's interesting.
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> Scratch that...I can't.  I meant, in theory, I can connect through the
> ethernet
> port, but I just tried, and the netconsole I was working on went dead 
> when the
> computer froze.
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>> When you do so, is there nothing interesting in the `dmesg' output?
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> Even without doing this, I thought dmesg just printed the contents of
> /var/log/messages, which has a time stamp, and I have tried looking 
> at the log
> file right before it died (to see the last time stamp), then the next
> series of
> messages are associated with the new boot after restarting (starting with the
> message "restart".  Basically there's nothing I can see no messages 
> which seem
> to occur around the time the system freezes up, much less anything which
> indicates a problem (in syslog either).  This is why the problem is so
> perplexing to me.
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>> This means that there's no point in setting up a serial console or anything.
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> I guess there is...but it'll be a while.  I'll need to get a serial
> cable...haven't had need for one of those in years.
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>> If you can still connect to the machine, then what do you mean by "it
>> freezes"?  Just that the X interface is wedged up?
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> At this point, I can say that I have no interaction with the machine, either
> with the mouse or keyboard.
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>> If so, run `top' and `ps aux', see if some process is stuck spinning in a
>> loop or something.
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>> Could it just be that the keyboard/mouse have gone bad?
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> No, the computer will run forever if I use only the ethernet connection, it's
> only when I connect wirelessly that the problem manifests itself.
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>> What happens if you do `sudo killall X' when logged in over the network?
>> Does the X server terminate?  Can it be restarted?
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> Don't know, haven't been able to interact with the computer once it's
> frozen up
> yet.
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>> etcetera....
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