Random freezes with new kernel?

[Richard Vickery]

On Mar 20, 2013 11:08 AM, "Tom Horsley" <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I got the 3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 kernel this morning when I ran
> yum, rebooted to get it running, removed the "mei" module to
> stop the incessant errors it was generating (bug 917081)
> and now I've had my system totally freeze up several times.
>
> It goes completely non-responsive, screen doesn't update, cursor
> doesn't move, Ctrl-Alt-F2 doesn't take me to a console, etc.
>
> Then after some random amount of time (seemed like about 3
> minutes the first time, later ones have been shorter), it
> suddenly starts working again.
>
> No trace of any problem seems to be left in any log files
> I can find.
>
> Is this happening to anyone else? Do I actually need the
> annoying mei kernel module for something that might be
> the cause of these hangs?
>
> Should I submit a kernel bug for this?

I get this rather frequently as well, but not so much - at this point - for
me to feel like it required a mailing. This is not a reply Horsley, more
than it is support for the point.
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