A stuck system

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:35:05AM -0500, Randall Stewart wrote:
> All:
> 
> Ok my P4D machine is sitting hung... its in that
> state I mentioned previously.
> 
> It will not respond to network input on the em0 card... i.e.
> it won't answer pings..
> 
> I have not tried the new msk0 device... its not configured up :-(
> 
> Now, I know from past experience if I hit any key... it will
> start up again.. give out various warnings and timeouts.. sometimes
> a "clock ran backwards".. possibly.. and then
> start working fine again..
> 
> Is there anything I can try to get some information so we can
> figure whats going on...
> 
> It could be a hardware problem... don't know... but
> it might not be.. it does look like a lost interupt... but
> thats just a stab in the dark guess..

could you try putting a second network card in the box ?

if you suspect it is only the 'em' card that is stuck
a second one might give you some hints on what is going on.

or plug in some usb device and see if there is any daemon
responding to the event, etc.

cheers
luigi