Steven Rostedt wrote: > -- >> yes, running without the *cough* nvidia module is under way. but do you >> remember that on my other laptop the freezes also happen and on that one >> there's no single proprietary modules in it? (same .config btw) problem >> is, like most modern laptops, it doesn't come bundled with a serial port >> so that can't give you a serial console evidence ... >> >> thanks for the reminder, anyway ;) >> > > hmm, it could also be a separate issue. This other laptop is the one that > took a while to freeze. Correct? > yes, it seems that was the case, but not sure if still applies. the moment of the freezes are rather random, sometimes in the (tainted) desktop one it takes a while too before it starts to hiccup. > Was it only on X apps? Or could it possible be something we could do via a > command line and then we could see vga output (if any). > most of the time, yes, it's on X applications. if I get into a tty (eg. via Alt-Ctrl-F1) it seems to eventually recover from the intermitent frozen state easier, but its just a matter of time to have it also dead on the console, sooner or later. once it starts freezing the first time I know the whole system is, how should i say? doomed ... never saw a bug, oops or panik message. it just drops dead, until SysRq-B gets hit in despair :) cheers -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@xxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html