From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: [Bug #28622] radeon video lockup Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:30:30 -0500 Message-ID: <4D5982D6.2060102@tmr.com> References: <9Pzlq5PlEtH.A.DU.efxVNB@chimera> <1z1FRILH7uF.A.ib.rfxVNB@chimera> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Linux Kernel mailing List , kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org david-gFPdbfVZQbY@public.gmane.org wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report >> of regressions introduced between 2.6.36 and 2.6.37. >> >> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions >> introduced between 2.6.36 and 2.6.37. Please verify if it still should >> be listed and let the tracking team know (either way). >> >> >> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28622 >> Subject : radeon video lockup >> Submitter : Daniel Poelzleithner >> Date : 2011-02-08 17:48 (5 days old) > > hmm, I've occasionally been expericancing what sounds like a similar issue. > > the screen locks, it doesn't respond to the keyboard (but caps lock > still works), frequently the mouse pointer still moves, but you can't > click on anything. > > it ususally happens to me a few min after starting firefox (with 10-15 > windows holding a couple hundred tabs), so it could also be a firefox > bug if it can capture the input and not release it. > > I've experianced this on my T61 laptop, and my work machine (Radeon > X1300 series) > > I'm currently running ubuntu 10.10 which is 2.6.35-25, so if it is the > same problem, it wasn't introduced between 2.6.36 and 2.6.37. > > like the OP of the bug report, this is not something that happens > frequently, but I don't do much that stresses the video, so starting all > these tabs is about as hard as I drive it. > > David Lang There have been several recent reports of lockups, with nothing in the logs or nothing recoverable. I've seen some of these running the git3 kernel on a VM (Fedora 14) so it may not be related to the specific video card but to X in general. I've had too little information to justify a proper bug report. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot