Bug#622576: Laptop reboot since upgrade to 2.6.38-3 kernel in testing

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Paul Sohier wrote:
> On 13-04-11 14:31, Ben Hutchings wrote:

>>Try removing VirtualBox and the wl driver.
>
> Virtualbox doesnt seem to make any change. Iam not sure how to remove the wl
> driver, I cant seem to find it in the /etc/modules/

It should be possible to prevent the wl driver from loading by placing a file
with the text

	blacklist wl

in a file named "ps-blacklist-broadcom.conf" in /etc/modprobe.d.

>> If that doesn't make a difference:
[...]
> When trying netconsole I dont get any message at all when it crashes, I will
> keep trying up more this weekend, but the crashes happens very randomly, so
> it is hard to predict when it happens.

Thanks.  Could you describe the symptoms when it crashes more?  Does the
screen turn black, does it make any noise, does the computer reboot, does
the magic sysrq key or capslock work afterwards, etc.