From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QfjPR-0007j1-Fn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:06:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 919E121C29F for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:06:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A6F21C274 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so1607866gwj.40 for ; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Kw7HvmILxNqSFv1chhhUOWWr3/NwayfYcwI9zFhPozI=; b=P8xX7RG6F+phaDKnLDEvfU4r1+Rl01onkwX5tjZLWY8T9+Cda39yzKP/NmeBBeU97c mvAz6vDPXFRcABfrO2+0lnn0XHZTULopkAVLHuuFsI0wGoHMsLvzooilNT2ks+KtZ5oa sE7iLkkWWp2OvkBuT233g3gs6c1F5WIH792f0= Received: by 10.150.31.3 with SMTP id e3mr1536922ybe.427.1310261801900; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-74-240-57-83.jan.bellsouth.net [74.240.57.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w10sm2592440ano.32.2011.07.09.18.36.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E190227.6030901@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:36:39 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110708 Gentoo/2.0.14-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics. References: <4E11EEF3.70804@gmail.com> <4E168B0E.2070100@gmail.com> <201107080702.58452.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E16B251.6080204@gmail.com> <4E16B548.5050105@gmail.com> <4E17B3C3.4010009@gmail.com> <4E187F60.9080400@gmail.com> <4E18ABC3.1090909@orlitzky.com> <4E18C082.4070209@gmail.com> <4E18C977.9070001@orlitzky.com> <4E18D5A7.8040309@gmail.com> <4E18EA55.8030904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 438662d62a18eebbd2fe62bca744e652 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> And this is exactly why you should consider posting any information >>> your can find on LKML to let the heavy weight guys figure it out. As I >>> said earlier, I believe they will take you quite seriously. In general >>> I would also say that Firefox should be able to cause a kernel panic, >>> and since it is I know the kernel developers are going to be >>> interested in what's the root cause. >>> >>> I don't remember from earlier why you said it was a kernel panic, but >>> clearly it must be. How are you determining this? Do you have info in >>> a terminal? For a few problems I've had I've posted digital photos >>> I've taken and uploaded to FlickR. You might consider doing something >>> similar. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >> The reason I said kernel panic is because someone else posted that when the >> keyboard lights blink, that is a kernel panic. Sure enough, when Neil told >> me how to set it up so that it would automatically reboot when the kernel >> panics, it does just that. I have no reason to think it is anything other >> than a kernel panic based on nothing but the kernel doing the reboot and the >> lights blinking. >> >> I would like to report this but I wouldn't even know where to start. If I >> had a lot more knowledge on how to help track it down, then that would be >> different. I'm not sure I can help much other than telling them Firefox >> causes a kernel panic but I have no clue how or why. >> >> Then again, if one of the dev would hold my hand a little, I could copy a >> install over to my spare drive and then not have to worry about messing up >> my main install. Fluxbox is OK but I like my KDE better. ;-) >> >> My old rig was in the middle of a update and we just had a nasty little >> thunderstorm here. It was OOo of course. It was 7 hours into a 9 hour >> compile when the lights blinked. My old rig isn't on a UPS anymore. Neat >> huh? I'm glad for the rain tho. My garden needs it really really bad. >> >> Dale >> > Yeah, if you can't report good clear info then it's just a waste of > everyone's time. No need to do that. > > Not sure if it would work or even apply but there are some kernel > features, mostly I think used around boot time, that send kernel info > over either a serial port or more recently an Ethernet link to another > computer which then stays alove and captures whatever data gets > transmitted. If you were interested in learning about that (I am but > haven't had time. I used it years ago to give some LKML guys info they > needed to get an ATI chipset to work better) then we might be able to > dig into that off line. > > On the other hand, if you're machine is working then it ain't broke, right? ;-) > > Cheers, > Mark > > > It works as long as I don't open Firefox. If I open Firefox, poof!! No more trapped smoke. lol Dale :-) :-)