[ltp] T42 Locks with SUSE 10.1

Laurent Gilson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:11:54 +0100


Hello,

> When the system hangs,
> the hard drive light comes on, and everything is
> frozen. Mouse and keyboard are locked out. The only
> exit is to power off the machine.

That sounds like a blocked IDE-bus. Is your HD spindown at that time ?  
does smartctl say anything unusual ?

cu