[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

[Hugh Brown]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, David Morris wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 08:23:08PM -0400, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > Any ideas on where to go next?
> >
> > This is on a Dell Inspiron 8100.
>
> I would tend to suspect hardware myself.

I ran the dell diagnostics cd with all tests in extended mode.  So nothing
yet (and unfortunately, if I'm going to get dell to fix anything, it will
have to turn up under their diagnostics).

>
> I have the Dell Inspiron 8100 running the 2.4 kernel (my own
> self-compiled image) and never had a single problem.  The
> laptop runs a *lot* better on 2.4 overall than on a 2.2
> kernel.

Have you used one of the debian stock kernels?



>
> I would start out with memtest86 to test the RAM...that is
> the most common cause of problems.  Also look in dmesg when
> running the 2.2 kernel, on occation I've seen error messages
> appear there that don't make it into the syslog, though I
> think that might have been only on a sparc.
>

Will do.


> Also, can you identify an exact point where the system stops
> responding?  I believe the problem is it stops responding to
> keyboard input, so try hitting a key (such as 'd') to find
> out when the system fails if it isn't obvious from watching
> the screen.  From there, you might be able to guess what
> hardware is failing, what driver is conflicting, etc.
>

good idea.

>
> Good luck!
>
> -David

Thanks.

Hugh