Bug#974166: I'd like to help

2020-11-22 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi, I received no answer at all, so I guess you are very busy. I know the bug was introduced somewhere between 5.6 and 5.7. If you have an idea of what the source of the bug could be, I'd like to help by testing on my computers, or providing code. I have two computers with similar CPUs (i5-5675

Bug#974166: I'd like to help

2020-11-22 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
Hi, I have Intel i5 4th generation and I have no such problem with Linux kernel 5.9.6. Do you have "intel-microcode" package installed on those computers? Kind regards Georgi

Bug#974166: I'd like to help

2020-11-22 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi, I suspect it may have to do with the 5th gen (Broadwell Desktop) only, as they have a very special (and powerful) iGPU. And maybe that's why the bug passed inadvertently so much time: those CPUs didn't sell very well. Yes, I have that package installed: ||/ NameVersion Archi