[ltp] T43p with new radeon driver crashes.

[Raanan Manor]

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 17:17 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 8/30/07, Raanan Manor <raanan@opcat.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running ubuntu on a T43p using the new radeon driver with the randr
> > 1.2 extensions.
> >
> >
> > My computer just freezes after some time, a hard reset is needed to
> > recover. It's not the temperature as i am monitoring it. Some time
> > before the crash I get,
> >
> > Aug 28 10:04:50 raanan-laptop kernel: [38432.680000] Uhhuh. NMI received
> > for unknown reason a0 on CPU 0.
> >
> > Aug 28 10:04:50 raanan-laptop kernel: [38432.680000] You have some
> > hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus.
> >
> > Aug 28 10:04:50 raanan-laptop kernel: [38432.680000] Dazed and confused,
> > but trying to continue
> >
> >
> > I can't find any other errors in the log files.
> >
> >
> > can anyone help with this.
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11434
> 
> no known cause or resolution yet.  Does disabling the DRI help?
> 
> Alex

O, 

So i am left with three options - 

1) use fglrx and loose suspend-to-ram. 

2) use the radeon driver and get freezes. 

3) loose the 3D desktop. 


The choice between bad and worse.


Raanan.