Re: Kernels since 2.5.60 upto 2.5.67 freeze when X server terminates

Florin Iucha (florin@iucha.net)
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:55:07 -0500


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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:36:09PM +0200, Petr Cisar wrote:
> Hello
>=20
> Since 2.5.60, I have been experiencing problems with a complete system fr=
eeze or random oopses when the X-server terminates. It is happening on both=
machines I am using whose hardware configuration differs slightly, however=
both of them are equipped with ATI video cards (ATI Rage 128 and ATI Radeo=
n 8500), and both of them run the same version of X-server. That's about al=
l they have in common.
>=20
> The version of X-server I am using is:
> XFree86 Version 4.3.0
> Release Date: 27 February 2003
>=20
> Since the crash either results in an oops obviously not having to do with=
the core problem, or the system freezes dead (no ping, no reaction to SysR=
q key), I don't know how to get some debug information to describe the faul=
t more precisely.
>=20
> Has anyone notyiced similar problems and is there some documentation how =
to trace such deadly bugs ?

I got the same problem here:
AMD Duron 1.2
SIS 735 chipset
ATI Radeon 8500

On 2.5.67 I get freezes with XFree86 4.3.0 . It works fine with 4.2.1 .

Exactly the same symptoms: the box is dead, no message on the serial
console.

florin

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