Bug#526339: [linux-image-2.6.29-1-686] System freezes
Package: linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
Version: 2.6.29-3
Severity: normal
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I've been using the curent version (2.6.28) for weeks, on my Dell Latitude D530,
suspending every night and getting uptimes of 45 days (until I rebooted
voluntarily) using it as a regular desktop machine, with very few glitches
(maybe some applications leaking a bit, no showstoppers).
With 2.6.29 however, the system only stays up for a few hours, then kind of
hangs for no apparent reason, IIRC all times involving watching videos, e.g.
with Xine. At some point the mouse can be moved but clicks don't work, the
keyboard is unresponsive (except for [some?] Alt-SysRq combinations), and when
playing music, the music continues for a few seconds and then the sound stops
too.
Closing the lid doesn't help, the system won't go to sleep and the screen
contiues switched on while the lid is closed.
My guess is that something related with video drivers is causing this (or video
memory management, or something introduced in .29). I switched back to .28,
maintaining all the versions of X.org and the rest of the system, only disabled
screen effects in KDE4 as a cautionary measure, and I've been working without
any problem since yesterday.
I haven't tested thoroughly with OpenGL applications and the like, and I can't
make many tests to try to isolate the problem because this is my only
workstation/desktop machine at the moment, so I need it to work and communicate.
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 0200
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 506
Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Kernel modules: intelfb
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0200
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at feb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+1
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.1-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.0-1
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-686
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
800 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
800 unstable ftp.ch.debian.org
500 testing security.debian.org
500 testing ftp.ch.debian.org
100 experimental ftp.ch.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=====================================-+-=============
module-init-tools | 3.7-pre9-1
initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) | 0.93.2
OR yaird (>= 0.0.13) |
OR linux-initramfs-tool |
Recommends (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
libc6-i686 | 2.9-8
Suggests (Version) | Installed
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linux-doc-2.6.29 |
grub | 0.97-53
OR lilo |
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Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com>
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