Hi people,
I have upgraded to 11.0 and all is well except my laptop’s begun to hard lockup sometimes. At first I thought it’s related to overheating issue (never had this with 10.3) but now I’m sure it’s not.
Can you advise me on how to proceed with tracking down the cause? Wahat logs should I check, etc. 
Thanks
I have: HP Pavillion dv2000 - Dual core AMD 64, 2Gig ram, 120Gid WD HD, Nvidia GeForce 7150M
it-s wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I have upgraded to 11.0 and all is well except my laptop’s begun to
> hard lockup sometimes. At first I thought it’s related to overheating
> issue (never had this with 10.3) but now I’m sure it’s not.
>
> Can you advise me on how to proceed with tracking down the cause? Wahat
> logs should I check, etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> I have: HP Pavillion dv2000 - Dual core AMD 64, 2Gig ram, 120Gid WD HD,
> Nvidia GeForce 7150M
Is your dv2000 one of those with the BIOS error that didn’t run the fan
agressively enough. I had a dv2100 that had the PCIe interface fail because of
the problem. When it was back for warranty work, HP decided to recall it and I
got a new dv2815 from my extended warranty. You can get the new BIOS from HPs
website. You will need to be running Windows to flash the BIOS.
Next, run a long (10-12 hour) test with memtest86+. If that works, you will be
able to rule out memory problems.
Larry
I too would 1st look at a BIOS update;)
The next time it freezes note the time
when you are back up, Check /var/log/messages > go there and page down to that time & see what was occurring when it froze. That should give you a clue if the cause was SuSE; an app, etc.
What filesystem do you use? I installed SuSE 11 with ReiserFS and I had random lock ups. There was this work around by changing the mount text in fstab but I re-installed on EXT3 all together. Since Hans wont be back for a while…
Well, if this is bios fault then how come the laptop was working perfectly well with 10.3 untill the upgrade? I got it last christmas, which means no lockus for 6 month. Besides the only way for me to run windows would be to use HP recovery partition which means my entire HD will be reformated. I can’t have that.
But I’ll check /var/log/messages nex time the lockup happens.
And no, I use ext3 only.
Thanks
it-s wrote:
> Well, if this is bios fault then how come the laptop was working
> perfectly well with 10.3 untill the upgrade? I got it last christmas,
> which means no lockus for 6 month. Besides the only way for me to run
> windows would be to use HP recovery partition which means my entire HD
> will be reformated. I can’t have that.
> But I’ll check /var/log/messages nex time the lockup happens.
> And no, I use ext3 only.
Things changed between 2.6.22 (the kernel in 10.3) and 2.6.25 (found in 11.0).
Perhaps something there is the cause. What “performance” throttling are you
using? Does the machine seem to run hotter than it did?
Larry
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Same problem here;
I have an Acer Aspire E380 (desktop)
3 sata hd 160, 250 & 750Gb
avi’s on the 750 keeps freezing up randomly;
seperated hd (750 at bottom; 2 empty slot & other hd’s on top)
doesnt freeze has often but still happens every now; worked for 12+ hrs last night; froze after 2 hrs this morning…
worked fine with this hardware config on 10.3 for ~3 months; issue started with 11…
nothing related in /var/log/messages
any ideas ???
it seems that beagle is a system killer on 11.0, if running beagle,
don’t…
if running reiser file system, there is a known bug with version 11.0,
so don’t…
lots of folks are having problems with USB on 11.0…if reiser and
beagle don’t solve your problem i’d suggest you unplug everything USB
and see if your problems go away…
is it possible you have a hard drive or CPU heat problem, maybe?
good luck, and post back with your experience, and frustration…
oh, and for more history use the web forums advance search function to
find and read every post with “freeze” or “lock” in the subject…
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
Hi,
using ext3 on all HD’s
i put the 750Gb in anexternal sata/USB case & i havent had any lock ups in ~24hrs…
i am thinking it’s a power issue; has i was on the limit for my power supply
> i am thinking it’s a power issue; has i was on the limit for my power
> supply
i can attest to the FACT that almost enough power is not nearly enough
when a spike need comes along…
about six or eight months ago i bought about a 50% larger watt output
power supply and all the unexplainable problems i’d had the previous six
months magically went bye-bye…
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark