Bug#692500: [linux-image-amd64] system freezes with Ivy Brigde CPU
Package: linux-image-amd64
Version: 3.2+46
Severity: critical
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Several users reported system freezes with a Wheezy beta. See this
thread: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=85533
I experienced this problem multiple times per day with the following setup:
- CPU is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
- Linux Kernel 3.2.0-2 from the Wheezy repository
- I am using the onboard GPU
By searching the internet I came to the conclusion that it is a problem
with the Linux Kernel and the Ivy Bridge GPU as mentioned here (see
"Stability fixes for hard hangs on Ivy Bridge platform"):
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012.02.html
The upstream commit that fixes this problem is
fb046853ad66e64c96a2598f3fdd4cf5fbabc0d1. So kernel >= 3.5 should no
longer have this problem.
After running the upstream kernel 3.6.3 for several days I can confirm
that switching to a newer kernel version fixed the problem in my case.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.6.3-upstream
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
500 testing security.debian.org
500 testing mirror.1und1.de
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
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linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 | 3.2.32-1
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