[LAU] Hard lock-ups -- Trying to narrow the cause

[Darren Landrum]

James Cameron wrote:
> Run memtest from the Ubuntu boot CDs for a couple of hours, or even
> overnight.

Already done, nothing came up, but I suppose I can do it again.

> I don't think pulseaudio does any kernel level work, so I doubt if it
> is a direct cause of a hang.  It may be indirect if it was exercising
> something else that may cause a hang, such as some feature of ALSA.
> 
> Describe the hang ... can the host be pinged on the network?

That's one thing I haven't checked yet. If (when?) it happens again,
I'll be sure to check.

Thanks!

-- Darren