need debug suggestions on system freeze

[Steve Grubb]

On Friday 09 May 2008 16:26:16 Eric Paris 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?

/me wonders if this is due to fail mode being panic ?

-Steve