Comment 6 for bug 53216

I've been suffering from these hangups for a while now, only with the recent skype and recent kernels. System specs:

Dell Inspiron 300m
Ubuntu Dapper up-to-date w/ kernel 2.6.15-27-686 (SMP, PREEMPT)
Skype 1.3.0.47_API
List of loaded modules given below

* No VMware is running (ruling out suspect vmware)

* Nothing suspicious in the kernel log (not even "soft lockup"). In fact, I can't find any traces anywhere for such events.

* It happens normally when there is an incoming call (in which case usually the lockup is definite (wel, I've never waited longer than 5 minutes)

* It also happens when there is an incoming chat (in which case usually it freezes for a short while -- around a minute)

* Finally, I've had it happen also when I initiate a call, but that is very rare (lol... both me initiating calls and the freeze upon that).

The bottom line, is that it is so frequent that I've been having to (cold) boot my laptop on average more than 4 times a week... which is close to being intolerable.

Let me know if you need more info, or more testing -- I'll be glad to assist (including trying out debug kernels and so forth).

Oren.

(list of modules:
Module Size Used by
usbhid 42752 0
rfcomm 43604 0
l2cap 28192 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 54212 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipv6 286976 26
i915 21664 1
drm 78484 2 i915
ppdev 9668 0
speedstep_centrino 8752 1
cpufreq_userspace 6496 1
cpufreq_stats 6688 0
freq_table 4928 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7752 0
cpufreq_conservative 9000 0
video 16324 0
tc1100_wmi 6884 0
sony_acpi 5580 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11492 0
dev_acpi 11236 0
container 4608 0
button 6704 0
acpi_sbs 20172 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5220 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_core 22848 1 i2c_acpi_ec
nls_cp437 5888 1
ntfs 111728 1
md_mod 76052 0
af_packet 24520 6
sbp2 25060 0
scsi_mod 145960 1 sbp2
parport_pc 37988 0
lp 12356 0
parport 39400 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 10432 0
tsdev 8032 0
irda 217980 0
crc_ccitt 2240 1 irda
snd_intel8x0 35772 3
snd_ac97_codec 100224 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
pcmcia 41948 0
snd_pcm_oss 56448 0
snd_mixer_oss 20544 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipw2100 93812 0
ieee80211 38952 1 ipw2100
ieee80211_crypt 6528 1 ieee80211
snd_pcm 96708 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 26884 2 snd_pcm
snd 60004 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mix
er_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
tg3 113060 0
yenta_socket 30124 4
rsrc_nonstatic 14624 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 45272 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
psmouse 40004 0
serio_raw 7748 0
shpchp 49504 0
pci_hotplug 30788 1 shpchp
soundcore 10784 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11304 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24700 1
agpgart 36784 3 drm,intel_agp
evdev 10176 2
ext3 148296 3
jbd 65876 1 ext3
dm_mod 63256 5
ide_generic 1504 0
ohci1394 37524 0
ieee1394 306520 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 36104 0
uhci_hcd 35536 0
usbcore 139172 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_disk 19136 4
piix 11652 1
generic 5124 0
thermal 13768 0
processor 26888 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan 4836 0
capability 4968 0
commoncap 7328 1 capability
vga16fb 13992 1
vgastate 10208 1 vga16fb
fbcon 43904 72
tileblit 2784 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6464 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit