From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758609AbZDKSgg (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:36:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752499AbZDKSg2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:36:28 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.30]:52935 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751851AbZDKSg1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:36:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gq48ueNwvyQjacMmLH6YwoeuwF3mfHvjqvTXW7M2jXUOvNiNoR6amQDzZngo74ReH0 bFj/y6iTK2Xhm6QEh4XBZsrhM+SsgD/2WhHNkqFdr8OG1fGn5k+bsALZeaADdCQKx9oj QQNCbnWfhvOUB4npaf+fI0Mk1XU9cOTVC1KuQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3d2f29dc0904081505l4e0203a0q25144d200164c82a@mail.gmail.com> References: <3d2f29dc0904071551xadea34ajd2c177380ced4fef@mail.gmail.com> <49DCDF1F.5050805@xandros.com> <3d2f29dc0904081505l4e0203a0q25144d200164c82a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:36:26 -0400 Message-ID: <3d2f29dc0904111136q13e6104at657c8148a2765f71@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Weird freezes with 2.6.28/29 From: Chris Howie To: Woody Suwalski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Chris Howie wrote: > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Woody Suwalski wrote: >> I am getting similar problem on Dell 4x00 laptops caused by loading >> processor.ko. >> If I use nocst=1 option, systems are OK. > > Thanks, this has eliminated the second freeze (where I must hold down > a key to allow boot to proceed) but I still have to hit the power > button to get the initial boot going. Hmm, it turns out it didn't actually fix it. The hold-a-key-down freeze doesn't happen every time and it didn't for a while after I added this option, but it started again this morning. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers