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From: 4k3nd0 <4k3nd0@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:15:36
Message-Id: 4EA5B8F1.4060604@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx by Michael Schreckenbauer
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4 On 10/24/11 20:27, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
5 > Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:11:45 schrieb 4k3nd0:
6 >> On 10/24/11 17:31, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
7 >>> Hi,
8 >>>
9 >>> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0:
10 >>>> hi guys,
11 >>>>
12 >>>> somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx
13 >>>> that pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to
14 >>>> fix this?
15 >>>>
16 >>>> http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N
17 >>>
18 >>> [fglrx] ASIC hang happened
19 >>>
20 >>> is a message indicating a deadlock in a compute-kernel
21 >>> (shader, GPGPU), which in almost all cases is a userspace bug
22 >>> or the timeout in fglrx is too low for the kernel in question.
23 >>> I'm no expert in tweaking fglrx, but afaict there's nothing you
24 >>> can do except wait for an update of the driver. You could also
25 >>> try the opensource-drivers (I think r600 in your case), cause
26 >>> those do their own heuristics to determine hanging or
27 >>> deadlocked compute- kernels.
28 >>>
29 >>> Best, Michael
30 >>
31 >> Thank you. Do you think using a newer version of xserver would
32 >> help?
33 >
34 > Always worth a try imo. But I wouldn't expect too much from doing
35 > this. The driver thinks, that a compute-kernel hangs or is
36 > deadlocked. If this assumption is correct, the userspace app needs
37 > a fix otherwise the driver is faulty. Is this problem related to
38 > running a special app or DE? Or does it happen "always"?
39 >
40 > Best, Michael
41 >
42 >
43 First i suspect flash player, but it's randomly. There is no special
44 reason i can detect.
45
46 I will try using the other Kernel, maybe it will help.
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