After a few hours, this hangs, on several different machines. Not sure where to go from here, except back to -r4, which worked. System still accepting TCP/IP connections but not scheduling userspace processes at all.
Created attachment 13453 [details] kernel Config on laptop that hangs I have two machines on which this occurs, the first is my laptop, which is this kernel config, which I have seen crash after being left doing nothing.
Created attachment 13455 [details] Second machine on which this revision has hung This is the second of my machines that has hung within about 5 hours of installing the kernel. It is now quite happy with 2.4.19, however these are the only two kernels I've tried on this machine, since it hung while I was still in the process of installing it. This machine is a PIII 450.
Another system hangs on 2.4.20-r5. I hadn't realised I was running it, but when it hung, I checked. Uptime was 3 or 4 days. No oops. No logs. Nothing interesting. Caps lock and scroll lock lights flashing. System in APM mode so no screen display. System is Duron 750 with bells, whistles, etc. Happy to provide additional details in near future, but will be changing kernel ASAP, probably tomorrow morning.
one more machine (SMP). Hangs at random point of the boot sequence or minutes after it. No ping, no caps-lock LED reaction - nothing. Console cursor stops blinking. Same (logically) config as worked several months before with 2.4.19 versions of the kernel. I'll try to go back to 2.4.20-r4 tomorrow to see if it also hangs.
same with 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 and 2.4.20-gaming-r3 on SMP dual Athlon XP. Before (with 2.4.19 it was quite stable)... I'll try to go with 2.4.19 and see what'll happen.
switched to 2.4.19-r10 and machine seems to stabilize. two days run without hangs.
Created attachment 15236 [details] "troblemaker" kernel config
Created attachment 15237 [details] troublemaker - config for hanging kernel other configs will follow
Does 2.4.20-r8 work?
Please try the latest version and reopen this bug if the problem persists.
I'm sorry, I'm not going to be testing this. I'm sticking to vanilla kernels from now on. The gentoo kernel is a nice idea, but too risky. It's good to have the option.