Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:47:22 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardlocks in 8-CURRENT (CLOSE THREAD) Message-ID: <20100401074722.GA7552@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4B995F8B.7000602@vwsoft.com> References: <20100308142005.GA2971@current.Sisis.de> <4B995F8B.7000602@vwsoft.com>
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El día Thursday, March 11, 2010 a las 10:24:27PM +0100, volker@vwsoft.com escribió: > On 01/-10/63 20:59, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > > > If you go with your laptop to some meeting, you just take it with you and > > normally not even the power-supply; when you return to your desk, normally > > you put your laptop on the table, plug-in power and open the lid... > > > > from time to time I encounter that the laptop after opening the lid is > > just locked, i.e. hardlocked and does not even respond on ping from other > > places; I did tests to see when it crashes, i.e. if it is based on the > > movement, of WLAN AP re-connect or whatever; I now always first open it, work a > > while across WLAN and then plug-in the power; the lock occurs only on > > the plug-in of the power-supply; > > > > any idea what to do next for debugging this? thanks > > > > matthias > > Matthias, > > just a shot in the dark, but I bet keying "res" ENTER (w/o the quotes) > in while your system seems to be dead will give you 'back' (well, kind > of) your system. Can you try that the next time, please? > > If that works (reboots your system) we can see if you're able to get a > core dump out of your box. We can close this issue, it is not FreeBSD related. Today morning I plugged in the power while the laptop was still in pre-boot menu to choose between FreeBSD and Vista partition, and this menu was locked as well and no other ways as power-cycle to bring it up again. I will contact Dell. matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!
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