Comment 32 for bug 204996

Folks, this lock up appears to be affecting a lot of people who are trying
prerelease versions of hardy, if this thing goes public with this bug it is
going to be a *disaster* for Ubuntu. Is there anyway to get hold of the
people responsible and get the release delayed until this bug is fixed?
Ubuntu, not to mention Linux, can not afford this kind of a black eye.

Bob Pendleton

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Nicholas <email address hidden> wrote:

> I would like to add my two cents here, as the Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit has
> locked up for me twice already. I'm not sure if it has anything to do
> with me overclocking my CPU, though (no problems under Windows,
> temperature <45C).
>
> --
> Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996
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>
> Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-12-generic
>
> I was upgrading from gutsy (with Linux 2.6.22-14) to the latest alpha last
> sunday (16.03.2008), and I've got some problems with the kernel.
>
> The 2.6.24-12-generic (I think, may be -386) causes my machine to lock up
> (hard) after about 5 minutes. Generally I was under X, there is no specific
> program I was using at the time it locked up.
>
> The hardware is completely stable & has been for the last 3 years with
> ubuntu, and still is with hardy & the gutsy kernel.
>
> Another thing I noticed is that something in the initrd keeps the machine
> from booting for at least 2-3 minutes. It's definetely before running
> scripts in the /etc/rcS.d folder, I have not traced it in the initrd. After
> booting all is well until it locks up.
>
> The hardware is a Dell C400, Intel chipset, Intel graphics (i830), 384MB
> of RAM and an atheros wireless card.
>
> lsb_release:
> Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
> Release: 8.04
>
> It's completely reproductible, the freeze takes out the whole kernel (no
> reply to ping from network). Any suggestions on how to trace it? I have a
> serial port, no parallel.
>

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