I tried the 2.6.28-14 kernel this afternoon with the same results. However, I have found a work-around, if I disable powernowd (i.e. mv /usr/sbin/powernowd /usr/sbin/powernowd.orig) then the system is stable.
Some additional information on the system (whilst running the 2.6.27 kernel) hal:~$ lshal | grep ' system.' system.board.product = 'A7N8X-X' (string) system.board.serial = 'xxxxxxxxxxx' (string) system.board.vendor = 'ASUSTeK Computer INC.' (string) system.board.version = 'REV 2.xx' (string) system.chassis.manufacturer = 'Chassis Manufactture' (string) system.chassis.type = 'Desktop' (string) system.firmware.release_date = '08/04/2004' (string) system.firmware.vendor = 'Phoenix Technologies, LTD' (string) system.firmware.version = 'ASUS A7N8X-X ACPI BIOS Rev 1011' (string) system.formfactor = 'desktop' (string) system.hardware.primary_video.product = 272 (0x110) (int) system.hardware.primary_video.vendor = 4318 (0x10de) (int) system.hardware.product = 'A7N8X-X' (string) system.hardware.serial = 'xxxxxxxxxxx' (string) system.hardware.uuid = '' (string) system.hardware.vendor = 'ASUSTeK Computer INC.' (string) system.hardware.version = 'REV 2.xx' (string) system.kernel.machine = 'i686' (string) system.kernel.name = 'Linux' (string) system.kernel.version = '2.6.27-11-generic' (string) system.kernel.version.major = 2 (0x2) (int) system.kernel.version.micro = 27 (0x1b) (int) system.kernel.version.minor = 6 (0x6) (int) -- 2.6.28 regression causes reboots https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400022 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs