-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andy Stewart wrote:
HI everybody,
Perhaps I have found some light in this tunnel.
I upgraded to the 2.6.12 kernel (yeah, I know, that just changed the entire experiment) and turned off "CPU freq scaling" and "PCI hotplug support" since I didn't think I needed either of those. I built the 2.6.12 kernel and played beer_golf 5 times in a row and the system DID NOT lockup. I'm not sure why those features were enabled in the first place. (I should probably go back to 2.6.11.11 and disable these two features and see if that has any positive effect.)
I'm far too much of a pessimist to claim victory, but perhaps my luck is turning for the better. My fingers are still crossed. I am (extremely) cautiously optimistic.
I thought I'd mention this in case somebody reads this thread in the future and maybe, just maybe, this tidbit helps. Besides, I've read a lot of threads where the problem is described in detail, but the answer is never forthcoming(!).
Later,
Andy
Hi Everybody, I went back to the 2.6.11.11 kernel and turned off the "CPU freq scaling" and "PCI hotplug support", but it didn't matter, as this kernel still locks up on me very quickly with the beer_golf.swf game (a copy of which I've saved as a diagnostic for future kernels to which I might upgrade - a *long* time from now). I am therefore concluding that something in 2.6.12 has fixed this problem since I have not yet locked up this kernel (under any conditions). I did notice several K8 and AMD64 specific notes in the CHANGELOG for this kernel. Thanks again(!!) for all of your helpful suggestions. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCwMEEHl0iXDssISsRAsRgAJ0ZDt/dlQrN+t1KRvgoBoC97yhcmgCfT7Vo 31dPPiB3sSKrDsx/FjhHYzs= =7kuI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----