Daily Kernel Panics

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Sun Dec 13 16:32:28 UTC 2009


On 12/13/2009 07:25 AM, Globe Trotter wrote:
> --- On Sun, 12/13/09, Hiisi<very-cool at rambler.ru>  wrote:
>
>> From: Hiisi<very-cool at rambler.ru>
>> Subject: Re: Daily Kernel Panics
>> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora."<fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 2:34 AM
>> 2009/12/12 Steven Stern<subscribed-lists at sterndata.com>:
>>> On 12/11/2009 03:45 PM, Hiisi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2009/12/11 Steven Stern<subscribed-lists at sterndata.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I report these? I get about one a day,
>> typically while in Firefox
>>>>> and
>>>>> doing something else.  The machine locks up
>> tight (flashing num and
>>>>> scroll
>>>>> locks) and requires power cycling and nothing
>> seems to get logged. Abrt
>>>>> doesn't see it after restart.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
> I have had this problem in the past with Fedora 9, I believe using ATI graphics cards. I tracked it down to glxgears (posted to this group then) getting invoked and eliminated it to get around this problem. Specifically, I did
>
> yum erase glx-utils
>
> This may not work for you because you may use glxgears for something but it did work for me.
>
> Best wishes,
> T
>
>
>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>   Steve
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The same here:
>>>> Linux ***.** 2.6.30.9-102.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Thu Dec
>> 3 23:46:37 EST 2009
>>>> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>> And yes, Firefox is not always involved. I've
>> already asked the
>>>> question on this list (haven't received any
>> responses).
>>>> How do you know it's kernel panic?
>>>
>>> When the machine locks up, the caps-lock and
>> scroll-light both flash. What's
>>> really annoying is that if I'm playing music, it gets
>> really weird and
>>> scares the cats.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>   Steve
>>>
>>
>> Do you have desktop effects enabled? I found that my system
>> is much
>> more stable with desktop effects turned off [1]. My video
>> is ATI [2]
>> with driver 'ati' [3].
>>
>> Footmarks:
>> 1. ~]$ uptime
>>   10:27:28 up 3 days,  9:22,  3 users,  load
>> average: 0.25, 0.22, 0.18
>> 2. ~]$ lspci
>> [--SNIP--]
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>> RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
>> 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP
>> [Radeon
>> 9600] (Secondary)
>> 3. ati - Vendor-supplied driver for ati cards


I do have an ATI card.  I'll try turning off desktop effects. Removing 
glx-utils removes all of compiz!

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 
[Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]

-- 

   Steve




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