Testing - kernel-2.6.9-1.715_FC3 panics on GUI Exit

[Jim Cornette]

Davide Rossetti wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 07:01 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> The problem seems to be triggered when exiting the GUI. When booting 
>>> in runlevel 5 and logging out of X, the hourglass stays in the center 
>>> of the screen and the caplocks light flashes.
>>> When booted into runlevel 3 and closing down, the text on the screen 
>>> displays a series of numbers and states that it has a panic condition 
>>> and the cap-locks light is flashing.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Known issue and has been fixed already in later kernels than FC3 (.906
>> and later I believe), and at some point I assume it will be pushed down
>> to FC3.
>>
>> Do you happen to have a ThinkPad T31, or a Radeon graphics card?
>>
>> Does your panic backtrace look anything like this?
>> ------------------
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c0156447>] 
>> handle_mm_fault+0xe5/0x233
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c01783c3>] path_lookup+0xff/0x12f
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c0178aa2>] open_namei+0x99/0x581
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c01662be>] filp_open+0x23/0x3c
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c0309b32>] __cond_resched+0x14/0x3b
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c01e132e>] 
>> direct_strncpy_from_user+0x3e/0x5d
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c01667e7>] sys_open+0x31/0x7d
>> Nov  7 22:22:30 localhost kernel:  [<c030b3c3>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
>> ------------------
>>
>>  
>>
> I have an Intel 830 ASUS laptop... and keep on having problems with 
> 1.715 kernels... better that previous kernels (as in 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142240). before it 
> oops'd at gdm restart. now it locks down at shutdown time with spin_lock 
> msgs in console... sysrq- is not active so at next boot I loose the 
> dump. let me know if I can be of any help
> 

I still had the problem with later than 715 kernels and am using kernel 
2.6.9-1.681_FC3. I get a lockup sometimes when ctl-alt-Fn to a terminal 
and then back to the GUI. The shutdown is alright in most cases.

Jim

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