Re: need debug suggestions on system freeze

> * Very soon after this the machine locks up. The above is the last entry > in the messages log. Only the "caps lock" and some other "lock" icon on > the keyboard (but not scroll lock) flash, and I have no inbound network > connection & the screen is blank. I cannot get to a terminal with > <ALT><F4> . The only option is power cycle. This is indicative of a kernel panic.  Can you attach a serial console to the machine in question and boot such that kernel messages go to the serial console?  (console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0)  And then recreate?