@Rocko: This could be the case, but it never happened to me before 12.10. I'm using a Quadro FX 3800M and tried drivers 304.*, 310.*, 313.* and 319.* in 12.10 and 13.04 and this error happens quite frequently. I did notice something that might be of interest. I'm using this laptop (Dell precision M6500) mostly in a docking station with 2 monitors attached. The other day I was working on it without the docking station (just the laptop screen) and it didn't happen at all in that session. Makes me wonder. Another footnote is flash, this seems to trigger the behavior as well.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/986831 Title: system freezes for some seconds: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After the first freeze, dmesg showed: ... [194346.116070] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000002 [194348.116026] NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context [194350.117812] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 9, Channel 00000020 Instance 00000000 Intr 00000080 After the second freeze, dmesg showed: ... [194346.116070] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000002 [194348.116026] NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context [194350.117812] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 9, Channel 00000020 Instance 00000000 Intr 00000080 [194514.140070] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000002 [194516.140030] NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context [194518.141391] sched: RT throttling activated michael@quad:~$ cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 michael@quad:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae 3.2.0-23.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: michael 9506 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: michael 9506 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6ff8000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1043829f,00100002' Controls : 46 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'UA101'/'EDIROL UA-101 (serial ZT82634), 192000 Hz at usb-0000:00:1a.7-3, high speed' Mixer name : '' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'MIDI Input Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High Load' 'Light Load' Item0: 'Light Load' Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'CX8811'/'Conexant CX8811 at 0xfb000000' Mixer name : 'CX88' Components : '' Controls : 3 Simple ctrls : 2 Date: Sun Apr 22 13:55:17 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dd8becab-8d85-4a0f-9840-3cd90d202035 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer P5K ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=4f6e10b1-9995-4249-a5e5-a9b20b72cace ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-18 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1201 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5K dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd10/14/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5K:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5K:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5K dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/986831/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp