[App_rpt-users] Node Freeze up on 2392

[Stephen Rodgers]

On 11/25/2010 04:13 AM, Chuck Henderson wrote:
> I had a system freeze up last night.  Here is a link to a screen shot of
> what was on the console just before I rebooted it.  Hopefully this means
> something to the programmers and can help identify what is causing
> the intermittent problem.
> 
> http://www.midlandsnetworking.com/system-lockup-crop1-20101125.jpg
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Dale Weber <n7pkt at hybotics.org> wrote:
> 
>>        Last night, I had my node connected to 27372, and the last time I
>> transmitted, my node must have froze up with the transmitter keyed. I did
>> not
>> realize this carrier was being caused by me right away, until I happened to
>> glance at the URI and saw it was not blinking - just s solid green light. I
>> don't know what caused this, but I would like to find out and fix it so it
>> does
>> not happen again. I could not gain access to my node via SSH so ended up
>> having to just warm boot it to get it back to normal.
>>
>>        Any ideas?
>>
>>        8-Dale
>> --
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Looks like some kind of problem with USB and interrupts. It's hard to tell exactly what is the problem here without more
information about when it happens. We have similar issues with some usb hardware at a very low level.

Also, see my post about adding watchdog hardware to combat lockups.

Steve
WA6ZFT