[Bug 489558] [NEW] Kernel panic occurs randomly under normal use on Eee pc 901, Ubuntu 9.10 fully patched

[MrAuer]

Public bug reported:

About once to several times per day of normal use, my Eee pc 901 totally
hangs ie. kernel panic. When this happens, I cannot even get into
virtual terminals, system does not respond to SysRq magic keys either
(ie, I cannot reboot with the SysRq keystrokes either). Only way to shut
down is to hold down power button for several seconds.

There is no way to reproduce the bug reliably - it happens both with
Compiz on (with greater frequency perhaps, dont know) and without it.
Usually I am browsing the web and maybe listening to music on Audacious
as the machine hangs - screen freezes, X stops responding (cannot
restart X either, SysRq keys dont respond), and sound loops and keeps
looping until the powerdown.

I have had similar crashes with Jaunty as well, and was told then to
wait until Karmic for this to be probably fixed. It was then thought it
might be something relating to the poor Intel video drivers under
Jaunty. This happens completelly similarly under Karmic now. My Eee 701,
on the other hand, works perfectly without such crashes.

I will attach the logs on the following post.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Kernel panic occurs randomly under normal use on Eee pc 901, Ubuntu 9.10 fully patched
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