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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:32:51
Message-Id: 16922413.KTPoQv5PHO@pc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:49:36 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
2 > Am Montag 24 Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0:
3 > > hi guys,
4 > >
5 > > somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that
6 > > pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to fix this?
7 > >
8 > > http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N
9 > >
10 > > I'm using the 11.9 ati-drivers, i got a ATI Readon HD6990 M
11 > >
12 > > uname -a
13 > > Linux Slaxy 3.0.7-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Oct 22 20:44:41 CEST 2011 x86_64
14 > > Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
15 > >
16 > > Using xorg-server 1.10.4-r1
17 > >
18 > > Greeting's from Germany
19 > > 4k3nd0
20 >
21 > well, the first thing is always: don't use patched kernels.
22 >
23 > gentoo kernels are patched.
24 >
25 > Use vanilla. See if the problems persist.
26
27 Good advice in general. But afaik the deadlock detection happens completely in
28 the driver, so I am not convinced other parts of the kernel could cause this.
29 I might be wrong about this though.
30
31 > fglrx has been solid for me for the last half of a year. With uptimes of two
32 > weeks and more, reboots always caused by kernel updates.
33
34 Best,
35 Michael