Re: 2.6.33-rc1 - Weird hard hangs when rendering 'some' web-sites in Firefox

[David <david@unsolicited.net>]

Maciej Rutecki wrote:
> 2009/12/21 David <david@unsolicited.net>:
>   
>> I'm still not sure whether what I'm seeing here is latent hardware
>> problems, but, as a heads up :-
>>
>>    2.6.32, 2.6.32.2 (and previous kernels) - All OK
>>    2.6.33-rc1 - Machine seems fine, until :-
>>
>> I browse to particular sites (one of which is an internet banking site,
>> so no heavy flash etc.). My machine will (completely and repeatably)
>> hang solid. Nothing showing with netconsole, sshd dead, sysrq dead ...
>> reset button time.
>>
>>     
> I can confirm this. Probably it's related only to wireless
> connections, wired seems be OK. My device is:
> 08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
>
> Regards
>   

Mine is a wired connection, so it seems unconnected with that. I've
replaced the motherboard here and have had no further problems. There is
now a configuration difference though as I've had to disable radeon kms
(with radeon.modeset=0) for the new on-board graphics.

My guess is that this is radeon related, and I'm going to set-up the old
motherboard in a spare case & see what I can work out.

Cheers
David