Bug#500265: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: Hangs after an apparently random uptime (minutes)

[Salvo Isaja <salvois@users.sourceforge.net>]

Il lunedì 29 settembre 2008 18:48:45 Salvo Isaja ha scritto:
> For a couple of days I run my network connection over cable instead
> of using the USB dongle. It seems that the system is much stabler
> without the rt73usb module: I'm able to run 2.6.26 for much longer
> time, but it may be a coincidence.

I confirm that was a coincicence: the system hanged the same way 
independently of the rt73usb module, sorry for the misleading 
information.

> > There are several reports of hangs with 2.6.26. Did you test the
> > workarounds mentioned there? (Mostly hpet=disable).
>
> I'll try to disable the HPET as soon as I check that the problem is
> repeatable (so that I can tell whether it is workarounding the HPET
> that solves the problem).

After a few days of (unfortunately short) testing, I feel rather 
comfortable to say that hpet=disable workarounds the problem.

Thanks