Kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 hangs every few days

[Trevor "TeC" Christian]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:

> 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
>>
>> The last two occurrences have been similar. memtest86 passes without 
>> problem on this system.
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> 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.
>
I experience a similar situation.

In addition this kernel panics on insert of my FAT32 formatted USB thumb 
drive quite unlike the prior.

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