Comment 27 for bug 544741

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [X700] KMS, amd64: reboot or freeze while trying to launch system > preferences > appearance

Okay the panic message shows this is a fault in the kernel drm code, so I'll forward this to the kernel team. From your backtrace (thanks for including a screen capture!) it seems to have to do with the drm's edid code. EDID is data from your laptop monitor which communicates its resolution and refresh rate capabilities, so perhaps something in how your laptop monitor's EDID is structured is causing the kernel some confusion.