On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Wolfgang Glas wrote:
> Just to put it right, 2.6.18 (debian etch) is the last kerlenl, which
> survives on our mildly loaded servers more than a few hours. All kernel
> starting from 2.6.20 have locked up on our servers.
>
> And yes, it's shame that such a kernel has made it
I've got what appears to be the same problem. The system in question is
a Dell D810 laptop, approx. 2.5 years old, on which a fresh install of
ubuntu 7.10 was done shortly after it was released. I'll be working
along and suddenly ... nothing. Well, almost nothing: I can still move
the cursor aro
On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Aurel Branzeanu wrote:
> After changing my notebook from AMD Turion MT-34 to an Intel Pentium
> Dual-Core 1.73 GHz - everything's working flawlessly and smooth! I think
> the freezes were due to AMD CPU - something's wrong with their support -
> maybe in the kernel...
>
> --
I finally decided to bail out: I replaced the 7.10 install on my Dell
D810, with 7.04. I've noticed two benefits:
1) The system doesn't lock up. Under 7.10, it would often lock up
(requiring a reboot), most often as a result of heavy browser use.
2) Time to boot the system (from BIOS screen to
This is a follow-up to my previous posting about the freeze/lockup
problem with 7.10. I'm the person with a Dell D810 who regularly
encounters this problem. Because Tim Fuchs felt this bug might be due
to the wireless driver, I hung an ethernet cable down my stairwell and
ifconfig-ed my wireless
