FC 3 and Kernel Lock or Hang

[Jim Cornette]

Browder, Tom wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>>[mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Spaleta
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:19 AM
>>Subject: Re: FC 3 and Kernel Lock or Hang
>>That is surely a custom built 2.6.5 kernel you are running on 
>>that fc1 box and not an actual FC1 kernel.  I think this is 
>>the first time in this thread where you have indicated that 
>>you are running a custom kernel on the fc1 box. Or is that 
>>2..6.5 kernel on the FC1 box actually a 2.6.5 kernel shipped 
>>with fc2, or god forbid one of the nightly fedora-development 
>>kernel builds leading up to fc2 release?
> 
> 
> My bad, that box is an old FC 2 one with a stock kernel: 2.6.5-358smp.
> 
> And what has fooled me is we use that remotely and haven't had any
> problems using it that way.  I just tried to logon through our kvm and
> see that the local graphics display is frozen.
> 
> The boxes that have problems aren't on a network and thus an apparent
> "hang" isn't truly a kernel lock I guess.  I reported an earlier
> instance of being able to acces another box on the network thinking it
> could offer some info but no one seemed to be interested at the time
> (another list).
> 
> So, I have a host with local graphics hung up but I'm able to login
> remotely.  Is there any info I can look for that will help find the
> problem?
> 
> -Tom Browder
> 

The symptoms sound like earlier problems that I had with a Dell Optiplex 
computer with an Intel 865G Graphics controller. X crahes and leaves the 
  residual image on the screen. This was fixed with the CVS versions of 
xorg-x11.

Check the processes running (or not running) through ssh login on the box.

X dogging your display until a eboot sound like what I get from your 
description.

A wild guess,

Jim