Bug#326602: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc: [powerpc] ramdomly switches off
Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc
Version: 2.6.12-5
Severity: important
There seems to be a serious bug (might be related to pmu) in 2.6.12.
Reports in debian-powerpc mailing list mention that the problem did not exist
in previous versions of the kernel (2.6.8/2.6.9) but it is present in 2.6.12
The machine (ibook g4 12") randomly switches off forcing a restart of the
system and loosing any data of the open application.
Seems to be related to pmu since when powered on the date shows back to 1904
(if i remember right).
Today it happened when i unplugged the computer from the power suply and went
on battery. I noticed that the framebuffer did not answer to "raise the bright
level" (fn-f2) key, and few seconds after it died on me.
If more info is needed, please, request.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii initrd-tools 0.1.82 tools to create initrd image for p
ii mkvmlinuz 13 create a kernel to boot a PowerPC
ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre8-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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