Re: Kernel lock-up with NPTL
"'Carlo Wood'" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.lib.phil |
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On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 11:22:32AM -0700, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote: > Just in case, enable in the kernel configuration, debugging > section the Magic SysRq support. Then, when the lock hits, > hit Alt+SysRq+P (in this order). Holding the keys after pressing them? What is this supposed to do? I have no printer, no serial whatever and my keyboard is dead. > > with xmms, the last second or so of the music keeps repeating > > after locking up. > > Woah... what's your hw? Thats just a soundcard artefact I guess (soundblaster Live! 5.1). It means nothing else but that the kernel stopped sending data to the card. Imho, what is happening is that the kernel dead-locks in a spinlock or futex. -- Carlo Wood <[email protected]>