was there some weird issue with the second last rawhide kernel? [DIAGNOSED?]

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Dan Mossor wrote:

> On 06/20/2014 01:32 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >    just finished another "yum update" to get the
> > 3.16.0-0.rc1.git3.1.fc21.x86_64 kernel, which is still showing the
> > exact same symptoms -- if i boot my ASUS G74S with HDMI connected to
> > my external ASUS VE228H monitor, after i get the fedora "infinity"
> > symbol for a couple seconds, total hang ... black displays, no virtual
> > consoles, need to power cycle.
> >
> >    if, however, i simply unplug the external monitor from HDMI, no
> > problem, and i can plug in the monitor after booting. oh, and as
> > before, once i'm running under this new (but clearly broken) kernel,
> > when i go to shut down, massive kernel panic and stack trace.
> >
> >    i can do more testing tomorrow, but this has now been an issue for
> > the last three rawhide kernel releases. is no one else seeing
> > something like this? more later ...
> >
> > rday
> >
> I suspect it's a regression in Nouveau.
>
> See this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044304

  well, that backtrace sure looks familiar. :-) i'll take a closer
look later but the list of affected kernels certainly seems to match
what i'm seeing.

rday

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