Re: [Qemu-devel] QEmu 0.5.5 still freezes my Mandrake Linux

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

Jorge wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I posted some weeks ago that QEmu freezed my linux box (Mandrake) while 
> installing any windows version, that version was 0.5.4. I've tried 0.5.5 with 
> the same results.
>
> I've changed the video drivers NVIDIA to NV
> I've started QEmu from the console without starting X
> I've tried different Kernels
> I've even changed the BIOS to less "aggressive" settings
>
> But with no results, after some time QEmu freezes everything, keyboard locked, 
> mouse locked, everything locked. The processor fan goes wild, no matter what 
> I do.
>
> Any ideas?

You start qemu as a user, not as root? Then it's a kernel or hardware 
bug, since the kernel should not allow user processes to do such 
aggressive things. Run memtest86 for at least 6 hours.

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Alexander E. Patrakov