Kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 hangs every few days

[Arthur Pemberton]

Andrew Gray wrote:

>Since upgrading to Kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 my system:-
>
>AMD XP2200+ 512MB ASUS A7V8X
>
>has been locking up every 3-5 days !!!
>
>When it locks up the Gnome display is completely frozen and remote SSH
>inbound doesn't respond. /var/log/messages doesn't show any cause:-
>
>May  2 01:55:01 ldesk crond(pam_unix)[31676]: session closed for user
>root
>May  2 01:55:01 ldesk gconfd (andrewg-17471): Exiting
>May  2 10:12:24 ldesk syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
>May  2 10:12:24 ldesk syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
>May  2 10:12:24 ldesk kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg
>started.
>May  2 10:12:24 ldesk kernel: Linux version 2.6.11-1.14_FC3
>(bhcompile at bugs.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.4.3 20050227 (Red Hat
>3.4.3-22)) #1 Thu Apr 7 19:23:49 EDT 2005
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>The last two occurrences have been similar. 
>memtest86 passes without problem on this system.
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>With 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 and previous 2.6.10 kernels the system stayed up
>and working for weeks on end. 
>
>The other problem with 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 is the ntpd needs restarting
>10-30 times before it runs continuously 
>
>--Andy Gray
>Fedora Core 3
>Also testing FC4test x86_64 on AMD 64 3400+ laptop
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I think this has been happening to me too. But everytime I reboot, the 
logs give me no evidence, and I don't know how to gather any useful 
evidence. My server just slowly hangs. Normally when it starts to hang, 
the video is the first to go. The TCP/IP functionality seems to be the 
last to go.