[ltp] Debian Testing locks up on T60

[David Griffith]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Martin Steigerwald wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Am Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2011 schrieb David Griffith:
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>>> Has anyone else noticed this?  I am running Debian Testing (Wheezy)
>>> on my T60.  I have noticed crashes that seem to be related to the
>>> Radeon driver since kernel 2.6.38 and still in 2.6.39, but 2.6.32
>>> works without issue.
>>>
>>> With Debian kernel 2.6.38 the video crashes have resulted in a kernel
>>> panic output to the bare console with the PC speaker emitting a
>>> continuous beep (that'll get your attention in the middle of the
>>> night!).  I have had up times ranging from days to minutes. and
>>> seemed to not matter if OpenGL was in use or not.
>>>
>>> With Debian kernel 2.6.39 the lockups have not been so severe and
>>> have mostly resulted in the screen and keyboard freezing but the
>>> mouse pointer still active.  At other times it has just been a blank
>>> screen. One time it did drop to a console screen with kernel panic
>>> data but no speaker noise.  The crashes seem to occur when
>>> Xscreensaver is running an OpenGL saver, but not every time.
>>>
>>> I'm asking here before moving up to asking on the Debian and Radeon
>>> lists.
>>
>> I noticed something that may be related.  My T42 hangs for a full
>> minute when recovering from suspension or hibernation.  When this
>> hangtime is finished, something flashes on the screen for less than a
>> second about the Radeon driver.  I haven't been able to get the entire
>> thing.
>
> With what kernel?
>
> I have no such issues on my ThinkPad T42. See my other mail.

2.6.32.  See me other mail for more detail.

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David Griffith
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