"Random" lockup

[Andy Green]

On Sunday 26 October 2003 15:24, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> Saw this in kernel 2097, eliminated in 2105 apparently (right after I
> started noticing it), now happening again in 2108. KT133a (Iwill KK266),
> Athlon Tbird 1.4GHz, no taint (standard "nv" X driver). All RPM's
> current to rawhide as of today.
>
> After a few hours away, I come back to the machine and can't get the
> monitor out of power saving mode. Can't switch to another vt; SysRq does
> not work either. No keyboard "oops" lights. Has this happened to anyone
> else?

Yes... however I am running the evil nvidia driver in twinview so I assumed it 
was something to do with that.  This machine is up 24hrs, its always come up 
from dpms screen powerdown in the mornings, maybe its not the same problem.

My problem seems to be associated with another rightclick bug -- in several 
apps (even in VMware) right-clicking seems to scroll the page being clicked 
by a random amount.  This is synaptics X driver, never seen this behaviour 
before tho.  No chance that the scroll is physical because the button is away 
from the touchpad surface and so is my finger at that time.

Twice now I have been working away, moved the mouse cursor to an item, then 
rightclicked for a context menu ... and bam, machine stiffed, no panic 
lights, no caps lock action, no nuffin.  Power cycle is the only way out.

I swapped out the SDRAM since I noticed this due to an upgrade and it made no 
difference.

Just an extra datum point, I know its tainted.

-Andy