[PlanetCCRMA] new apt-get update causes system freezes.

[Matt Marian]

Hi all,

First let me thank each and everyone of you for your posts, I have been 
using the ccrma builds for about a year and a half , and all of your 
posts have been a fountain of knowledge. (mightily tipping my hat to 
Fernando , of course.)

Ok I have _*had*_ a very stable install of FC4 ( had been using 
kernel-smp2.16.12-0.21.rdt.rhfc4.ccrma-smp excuse me if I correctly 
named the kernel package , but that is the kernel version anyway)
all had been fine - jack runing beautifully  - up to four hours 
recording solidly - in ardour - no xruns - no instability at all. - good 
for several months - that is up untill about a week ago.
After a recent update using apt-get , the system boots no problem, gnome 
starts fanstastically, then when I use any application ( ANY) after 
about 5 minutes the system locks completely, no alt login using 
ctrl+altf2(etc)
it is a complete system freeze.  I can't even ssh into it . nothing 
works at all
Let me reiterate - it worked flawlessley on that kernel for about 2 
months - maybe 3 . never had an issue at all.
I can boot and stay stable using original RHFC4 kernel - ( but no real 
time, no user run jack etc. so useless to me now.)

Any tips to point me in the right direction - shy of a complete rebuild 
and limited update- to maintain stable state.
(using linux since around 1997 - so adept,but no wiz or guru, definately 
not a programmer)

The more I work on it , the more I feel I will have to do a system 
re-install.  -
I don't want to do that again if I really don't have to.
system as follows  - it is a dedicated linux only DAW.
motherboard  abit vt7 (via pt880 chipset)
intel P4 3.0 ghz -
2 gig ram ( hyperthreaded enabled on bios) - has always been
2x250gig HDDs ata133 + 1x150 gig hdd sata150
Maudio 1010LT  - (fantastic)
ati  (radeon 7000 - AGP) been very stable - I don't want/need 3d anything
FC4 - install always defaulted to smp kernel install - so I assumed the 
SMPccrma was the right way to go (???)

Thanks very much for any assitance at all.
ps, was unsure of what got updated since there we so many packages ( 
great help eh?sorry)
 
Also - are the CCRMA repositories down today - I am not able to reach 
any to install test kernels. ??
Thanks again - I hope I have provided sufficient info.
Matt


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