Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Mittwoch 26 Oktober 2011, 11:15:52 schrieb 4k3nd0:
> On 10/24/2011 08:27 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
> > Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:11:45 schrieb 4k3nd0:
> >> On 10/24/11 17:31, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0:
> >>>> hi guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx
> >>>> that pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to
> >>>> fix this?
> >>>>
> >>>> http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N
> >>>
> >>> [fglrx] ASIC hang happened
> >>>
> >>> is a message indicating a deadlock in a compute-kernel
> >>> (shader, GPGPU), which in almost all cases is a userspace bug
> >>> or the timeout in fglrx is too low for the kernel in question.
> >>> I'm no expert in tweaking fglrx, but afaict there's nothing you
> >>> can do except wait for an update of the driver. You could also
> >>> try the opensource-drivers (I think r600 in your case), cause
> >>> those do their own heuristics to determine hanging or
> >>> deadlocked compute- kernels.
> >>>
> >>> Best, Michael
> >>
> >> Thank you. Do you think using a newer version of xserver would
> >> help?
> >
> > Always worth a try imo. But I wouldn't expect too much from doing
> > this. The driver thinks, that a compute-kernel hangs or is
> > deadlocked. If this assumption is correct, the userspace app needs
> > a fix otherwise the driver is faulty. Is this problem related to
> > running a special app or DE? Or does it happen "always"?
> >
> > Best, Michael
>
> I tried also updating to a newer Version of xorg-xserver als well
> using the 3.0.0.-generic-12 .

which is not a vanilla kernel.

vanilla-sources 3.0.7 is

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