[CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

Wed Jul 25 16:04:10 UTC 2012
Mogens Kjaer <mk at lemo.dk>

On 07/25/2012 04:34 PM, Vanhorn, Mike wrote:
> I have two HP dc7800 convertible minitowers that are exhibiting the
> following issue: every 5-10 minutes, they will "freeze" for about 30
> seconds, and then pick right back up again. During the freeze, it seems
> that nothing at all happens on the system; the clock doesn't even advance
> (it just picks up again with the next second, and that 30-or-so seconds
> are lost).

I've several HP dc7x00 machines, and I've never seen that problem
with centos 5 or 6.

Do you also see the problem if you boot in runlevel 3, i.e. without X?

Mogens

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