FC5 Kernel Issues

[David Nielsen]

man, 18 09 2006 kl. 15:18 -0600, skrev Kevin DeKorte:
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> On my FC5 machine I was recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5.
> When running this kernel (with 3 tainted modules) I had 5 lockups of X
> within about 2 hrs. (I could ssh to the box and reboot so the box was
> not 100% dead). Rolling back to 2174 (with the same set of modules and
> versions) has resulted in no lockups on the same machine over a longer
> period of time(I have been running with this config for nearly two
> weeks, and there are no messages in /var/log/messages about anything
> crashing).
> 
> Modules:	fglrx, madwifi and vmware
> 		fglrx and madwifi are packaged by livna
> 		vmware is running with the any-any-104 patches and built 		locally.
> Equipment:	Thinkpad T60p (core duo, 2GB RAM)
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> Has anyone else, had any issue with X becoming non-responsive with 2187.
> I know I'm treading on thin ice due to the modules, but since 2174 works
> well I would expect 2187 to work as well.

Does it work if you don't load the modules in question?

- David