[ltp] Random T41 hangs

Brian Nelson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:22:09 -0700


Chris Brotherton <chris@protonlab.net> writes:

> Sorry if this has been covered before, but I am running a T41 with 2.6.7
> kernel.  Every once in awhile the machine totally locks up.  My logs don't
> reveal anything.  Currently, I am using gentoo as my distro.  I am using apm
> since I couldn't get suspend to work with ACPI.  
>
> Specs:
> T41
> kernel 2.6.7
> distro gentoo
> Xfree 4.3.0
> Kde 3.2

That information is not very helpful...  except you mention you are
running gentoo so you could be using some insane compiler optimization
settings that are causing instability...


> Does anyone have any ideas where to start looking for this problem.

The primary suspect is usually wireless, since the drivers for any of
the wireless chipsets used in these models are invariably sketchy.

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