Daily Kernel Panics

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Fri Dec 18 13:33:38 UTC 2009


On 12/13/2009 10:32 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> 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]
>

Just for the record.   Since I've turned off desktop effects, the 
frequent crashes are gone.

-- 

   Steve




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