On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 16:11 +0000, carmen wrote: > if you find out how to debug a frozen kernel (ie, doesnt even get a > chance to print a backtrace) let us know. ive been tryin out ingo's > kernel every 6 month or so for the past couple of years on a few > differet amd64 rigs using the above techniques. so far it always > blackscreens/reboots right after grub, freezes during boot, or freezes > anywhere from 3 to 20 minutes after booting regardless of load. i dont > want to say the above techniques are a total waste of time, as they do > tend to change when it freezes from eg, right after grub, to later on, > etc. so theyre doing something.. Works perfectly here for months on a dual core AMD64. Probably a bad .config. Try disabling all kernel debugging options. Lee