Just installed debian etch amd64 on this machine a few days ago. I was letting it run to make sure everything would be ok...but I got the following in syslog. The machine was locked up hard and had to be reset.
Oct 7 19:17:59 debian-lairco kernel: Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed. Oct 7 19:18:03 debian-lairco kernel: warning: many lost ticks. Oct 7 19:18:03 debian-lairco kernel: Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts Oct 7 19:18:03 debian-lairco kernel: rip __do_softirq+0x53/0xd5 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: Call Trace: Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff802a3620>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff80287879>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8026c256>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8026c94a>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff802586ca>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff8844c9b3>] :radeon:radeon_do_wait_for_idle+0x51/0x7f Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8844c9d3>] :radeon:radeon_do_wait_for_idle+0x71/0x7f Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8844d043>] :radeon:radeon_cp_idle+0x0/0x7f Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff88438ae0>] :drm:drm_ioctl+0x16d/0x1b9 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8023dfd1>] do_ioctl+0x55/0x6b Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8022e029>] vfs_ioctl+0x252/0x26b Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff802480ba>] sys_ioctl+0x59/0x78 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff80257b56>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Oct 7 19:18:47 debian-lairco kernel: Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: Call Trace: Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff802a3620>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff80287879>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8026c256>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8026c94a>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff802586ca>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff8844c9b3>] :radeon:radeon_do_wait_for_idle+0x51/0x7f Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8844c9d3>] :radeon:radeon_do_wait_for_idle+0x71/0x7f Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8844d043>] :radeon:radeon_cp_idle+0x0/0x7f Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff88438ae0>] :drm:drm_ioctl+0x16d/0x1b9 Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8023dfd1>] do_ioctl+0x55/0x6b Oct 7 19:19:27 debian-lairco kernel: [<ffffffff8022e029>] vfs_ioctl+0x252/0x26b : Any ideas on what to do. This is an AMD 3000+ processor in a soletek motherboard. I've never seen an error like this so I'm not sure how to proceed. thanks, scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]