From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756551AbXLJLkr (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:40:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756149AbXLJLkd (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:40:33 -0500 Received: from www.digitalsignage.messagenetsystems.com ([24.123.23.170]:33034 "EHLO unifiedpaging.messagenetsystems.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755846AbXLJLka (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:40:30 -0500 Message-ID: <475D259D.3080909@pagestation.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:40:13 -0500 From: Jerry Geis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tarkan Erimer CC: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel BUG in 2.6.23.9 References: <475C46BC.5020101@pagestation.com> <20071209134418.14c9f09d@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <475D0387.1070609@netone.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <475D0387.1070609@netone.net.tr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tarkan Erimer wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:49:16 -0500 >> Jerry Geis wrote: >> >> >>> I am using centos 5.1, 2.6.23.9 kernel. Machine works great all day. >>> Then sometime through the night the kernel dies, the trace is below. >>> >> >> is this when a 3D screensaver is active? >> Probably worth running without the proprietary nvidia driver.... it >> also tends to get more people to pay attention :) >> >> >> In addition to this suspicion; you're the first one to report this oops >> since at least a year as shown in >> http://www.kerneloops.org/guilty.php?guilty=journal_dirty_data&version=2.6.23-release&start=1540096&end=1572863 >> >> >> so it might well be something weird on your side (like the binary >> driver or some heat problem created by having a 3D screensaver) >> >> > Hi, > > For a while, I have the same behavior. I tested under 2.6.23.9, > 2.6.24-rc3 and rc4. So all of these kernels have the same issue. Also, > I don't use any proprietary driver. My video card is Intel-945 and I > use the "intel" driver. I use 3D screensavers as well. These kernels > die after some long idles like 1 or 2 days after. My distribution is > Kubuntu 7.10 and with Kubuntu kernel this behavior did not happened. > So, how to track this interesting problem ? Any ideas welcomed :-) > > Cheers, > > Tarkan Erimer > > > > > I am not running a 3D screen saver. I was just using blank screen. However, I did turn off the screen saver and last night my machine did not crash. I am still using the NVIDIA driver. All I changed was the screen saver. Any ideas on that? Jerry