[maemo-users] How to track deadlock ?

[From: Paul Hartman]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my N900 deadlocks roughly twice a weeks when under high usage, once per
> month otherwise. It happens while the screen is off, I suspect that that
> mail client is the culprit because I've seen the phone deadlock with
> only the mail app running.
> What happens is that I put it in my pocket, and when I want to use it
> nothing happens. Even long presses on the power button do nothing. I
> have to take off the battery, re-power it on and, of course, set the
> time and date anew each time because automatic date setting doesn't work
> (that's the part I hate the most).
>
> Now I'd like to know what's the problem, and how to track this. Does
> anyone have a solution ? Is there a special key combo, or something
> though the USB port to be able to debug it when deadlocked ?

If it is in your pocket, how do you know it is caused by high usage?

Maybe it is this bug:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9150

Next time it happens, if you can SSH into the N900 before pulling the
battery, maybe you can see what's going on.