FC 3 and Kernel Lock or Hang

Kyrre Ness Sjobak kyrre at solution-forge.net
Sun Jan 2 20:33:11 UTC 2005


søn, 02.01.2005 kl. 18.38 skrev Tom Browder:
> I have just noticed something about the FC 3 722 kernel that exhibits a
> little different behavior after a lockup:
> 
> When I push my power switch to turn of the box for a hard restart (screen is
> blank, no apparent reaction from a key press or mouse movement or click), I
> get a momentary look at a good desktop as the display comes back before the
> shutdown sequence starts.  I am not using any kernel boot arguments (except
> 'ro root=LABEL=/')
> 
> I hope this rings a bell with someone.
> 

You say you push the power button, and the shutdown sequence starts?
Does it complete - i.e. does the computer shut down nicely?

Hmm... Sounds like an X hangup... Can you ssh in? if so, does X run at
99,9% CPU (check with top)?

Kyrre




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