WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:248 radeon_fence_wait 0x36f/0x3e0 [radeon]()

[Carlos José Ruiz-Henestrosa Ruiz]

My system got frozen and I restarted using the power button. Then, Ubuntu gave me the error message.

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-7-generic 2.6.38-7.39
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: carlos 1952 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd5200000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,104d2e00,00100302 HDA:14f12c06,104d1700,00100000'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 8
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd0030000 irq 50'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,104d2e00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Wed Apr 6 21:41:56 2011
Failure: oops
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7fdf7878-064e-4436-9efd-4cb08c2c8832
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-FW21J
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=1f9e7ce4-f937-4886-8b35-64d945a92c24 ro quiet splash acpi_sleep=nonvs vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.49
SourcePackage: linux
Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:248 radeon_fence_wait+0x36f/0x3e0 [radeon]()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-04 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R1100Y0
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1100Y0:bd08/27/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FW21J:pvrC6011XV6:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-FW21J
dmi.product.version: C6011XV6
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Carlos José Ruiz-Henestrosa Ruiz (ruizh-cj)]

When I started the computer using the text mode, I saw a "GPU Stall" message in dmesg. I will try to force the error and write the full message.