Bug 23007

Summary:	gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5 hangs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Shevek <gentoo>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) <pfeifer>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	blocker	CC:	bug-wranglers
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4_rc4
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	kernel Config on laptop that hangs Second machine on which this revision has hung "troblemaker" kernel config troublemaker - config for hanging kernel

Description Shevek 2003-06-17 10:48:47 UTC

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.

Comment 1 Mark Chappell 2003-06-18 02:30:53 UTC

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.

Comment 2 Mark Chappell 2003-06-18 02:34:32 UTC

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.

Comment 3 Shevek 2003-07-05 16:24:03 UTC

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.

Comment 4 Axxackall 2003-07-14 21:11:34 UTC

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.

Comment 5 Dmitry S. Makovey 2003-07-28 15:42:53 UTC

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.

Comment 6 Dmitry S. Makovey 2003-07-30 09:35:30 UTC

switched to 2.4.19-r10 and machine seems to stabilize. two days run without hangs.

Comment 7 Dmitry S. Makovey 2003-07-30 10:03:17 UTC

Created attachment 15236 [details]
"troblemaker" kernel config

Comment 8 Dmitry S. Makovey 2003-07-30 10:06:23 UTC

Created attachment 15237 [details]
troublemaker - config for hanging kernel

other configs will follow

Comment 9 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-19 04:33:36 UTC

Does 2.4.20-r8 work?

Comment 10 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-25 05:59:15 UTC

Please try the latest version and reopen this bug if the problem persists.

Comment 11 Shevek 2003-11-25 07:36:48 UTC

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.