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Re: Frozen linux 1.3.84
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Linus Torvalds)
Mon Apr 8 09:09:55 1996
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:02:48 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi>
To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <96Apr8.083616edt.106166-1573+450@vger.rutgers.edu>
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Darren Reed wrote:
>
> I've fired less than 1k of random IP packets at my Pentium-100 running
> 1.3.84 and it has now frozen.
>
> No packet was more than 255 bytes long.
>
> I cannot switch consoles, it does not beep when I try.
>
> I can not ping it, there is nothing on the console to indicate any sort of
> error.
>
> The cursor is still blinking, no drive lights are on.
>
> CTRL-ALT-DEL does not work.
Try RightAlt + ScrollLock: it should print out a register dump, and if
you do that multiple times you can look at the EIP values and try to get
a feel for where it's looping.
Of course, if it's looping with interrupts disabled, even this won't
work, but it's worth checking out.
Linus
