[ltp] Debian Testing locks up on T60

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> * On 2011 30 Jun 08:25 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>> Has anyone else noticed this? =A0I am running Debian Testing (Wheezy) on
>> my T60. =A0I 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.
>
> The crashes had settled down in recent versions of Debian's
> linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae until today when that package was updated
> to version 2.6.39-3. =A0It has crashed twice since. =A0Upon a crash it is
> again dropping to a console with register output showing. =A0I snapped a
> pic in case that helps anyone.
>
> http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/N0NB/odd%20stuff/T60-crash.jpg
>
> The second crash occured less than an hour after the first. =A0I have
> since rebooted into a 2.6.32 kernel and am waiting to see if any crashes
> occur with it. =A0It has been solid in the past.
>

Disable pageflipping or apply this kernel patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=3Dcommitdi=
ff;h=3D498c555f56a02ec1059bc150cde84411ba0ac010

Alex

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