Some more details on my setup and investigations.
The problem is 100% reproducable for me on a Dell Latitude D520.
I have narrowed it down as follows:
Boot machine then switch to text console before logging in
Login in text mode as root
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
/etc/dbus-1/event.d/26NetworkManagerDispatcher stop
shutdown most other services (ps -ef output showing processes remaining in attached file)
strace -p <PID OF NM> -f 2> /var/log/nmstrace.log &
do a ALT-SysRq t to dump kernel threads before hang to syslog
kill -15 <PID OF NM>
system now hangs after a couple of seconds:
No more console echo
Cannot switch virtual consoles
Cannot connect or use existing SSH sessions
Cannot ping machine
do another ALT-SysRq t to dump kernel threads after hang to syslog
ALT-SysRq s (sync disks)
ALT-SysRq b (reboot)
Attached is an archive with the logfiles from all this.
Some more details on my setup and investigations.
The problem is 100% reproducable for me on a Dell Latitude D520.
I have narrowed it down as follows:
Boot machine then switch to text console before logging in
Login in text mode as root
/etc/init.d/gdm stop 1/event. d/26NetworkMana gerDispatcher stop
/etc/dbus-
shutdown most other services (ps -ef output showing processes remaining in attached file)
strace -p <PID OF NM> -f 2> /var/log/ nmstrace. log &
do a ALT-SysRq t to dump kernel threads before hang to syslog
kill -15 <PID OF NM>
system now hangs after a couple of seconds:
No more console echo
Cannot switch virtual consoles
Cannot connect or use existing SSH sessions
Cannot ping machine
do another ALT-SysRq t to dump kernel threads after hang to syslog
ALT-SysRq s (sync disks)
ALT-SysRq b (reboot)
Attached is an archive with the logfiles from all this.