seemingly random lock-up with kernel 2.2.17p7

Gwyn Judd b.judd at xtra.co.nz
Wed Jul 5 23:57:38 EST 2000


On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 03:45:06PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 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.

I (alas) have no remote machine. WHat are the magic sysrq keys on a Mac?

> 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?

PowerMac 266. I am looking into the newer bootloaders. Do you have any
idea what the advantages/disadvantages are?

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Gwyn Judd (b.judd at xtra.co.nz)
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             -- Larry Wall in <199809300035.RAA12495 at wall.org>

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