On Tue February 8 2005 7:40 pm, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote: > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >I have the same problem for every kernel after 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 > > > >I have to boot my machine with 724. Anything else requires a cold boot to > > get the machine restarted. > > > >I can find nothing in any log, and no messages appear on the screen. The > >system just locks up dead to the world. > > > >=== > > > >On Tue February 8 2005 6:48 am, Mark Haney wrote: > >>Okay, I'm gonna ask this a different way, I hope it triggers a memory > >>for someone. For the last week or so, one of my FC3 boxes hangs when > >>starting the CUPS service. I've tried to remove the CUPS rpms and re- > >>installing them, but in every case during the install of the RPMS the > >>CPU pegs and the machine hangs. This box is pretty plain, nothing > >>special configured on it, no weird hardware or anything. So the > >>question is, has anyone seen anything like this? Or got any ideas on > >>how to fix it? I'm completely stumped. > >> > >> > >> > >>-------------------------------------- > >>Mark Haney > >>markh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) Kernel: 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 GNU/Linux > >>07:45:31 up 3 days, 22:43, 1 user, load average: 0.40, 0.65, 0.37 > > It maybe useful to have full specs of this machine, maybe you don't have > exotic hardware, but you may have agingn or failing pieces of hardware > that are starting to decay. Who knows maybe even file a bug report with > your machine's specs... It could also be helpful to know if both of > these computers share something in common that may be causing this > problem to appear?? I still think that having full specs of both would > be interesting to at least rule out any HW dependant factors. === My machine is an: eMachine T-2240 Celeron 330 - 2.6 Ghz 1GB RAM 2 Maxtor Hard IDE drives (40GB) (180GB) nVIDIA GeForce FX5700 (256MB, AGP 8X, 2D/3D w/ TV-Out - SKU: 256A8N332AX) 2 NICs (The one built into the system board and a LinkSys 10/100) Adaptec 2940 SCSI Card (Currently the only thing connected is an HP ScanJet4p with Auto Doc) Feeder. Is there any additional information that would be useful to include?