need debug suggestions on system freeze

[Eric Paris]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:58 -0500, LC Bruzenak wrote:
> * Very soon after this the machine locks up. The above is the last entry
> in the messages log. Only the "caps lock" and some other "lock" icon on
> the keyboard (but not scroll lock) flash, and I have no inbound network
> connection & the screen is blank. I cannot get to a terminal with
> <ALT><F4> . The only option is power cycle.

This is indicative of a kernel panic.  Can you attach a serial console
to the machine in question and boot such that kernel messages go to the
serial console?  (console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0)  And then recreate?

-Eric