My experience is rather similar: the computer freezes at random ... one time it took a few hours, then three days. No log of the event is produced. However I cannot find the "Eeek!" message in the syslog ...
Sysinfo says: SYSTEM INFORMATION Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) release. GNOME: 2.22.3 (Ubuntu 2008-07-09) Kernel version: 2.6.24-19-generic (#1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008) GCC: 4.2.3 (i486-linux-gnu) Xorg: unknown (13 June 2008 01:08:21AM) (13 June 2008 01:08:21AM) Hostname: plasma Uptime: 0 days 9 h 45 min CPU INFORMATION GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Number of CPUs: 4 CPU clock currently at 2400.044 MHz with 4096 KB cache Numbering: family(6) model(15) stepping(11) Bogomips: 4803.52 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm MEMORY INFORMATION Total memory: 3545 MB Total swap: 9538 MB STORAGE INFORMATION SCSI device - scsi0 Vendor: ATA Model: Hitachi HDS72161 SCSI device - scsi0 Vendor: TSSTcorp Model: CDDVDW SH-S203D SCSI device - scsi1 Vendor: ATA Model: Hitachi HDS72161 HARDWARE INFORMATION MOTHERBOARD Host bridge Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5000 PCI bridge(s) Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) USB controller(s) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) GRAPHIC CARD SOUND CARD Multimedia controller Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device a022 NETWORK NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION Model name: GeForce 8600 GT Card Type: PCI-E Video RAM: unknown GPU Frequency: unknown Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:53:07 PST 2008 -- 8.04.1 freezes with kernel error: "Eeek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! (-1)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs