Public bug reported: I mentioned this in bug 888762 comment 6. I really see no advantage to hanging a machine hard over rebooting it and potentially (once that works again) getting a crash dump.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-generic 3.0.0.13.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: michael 1899 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6960000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,1028040a,00100104 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 19 Simple ctrls : 11 Date: Tue Dec 13 10:08:00 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6410 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=062b1769-7309-4422-a59c-ad30b109d53c ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-27 (77 days ago) WifiSyslog: Dec 13 10:06:58 michael-latitude-e6410 NetworkManager[1092]: <info> kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd08/23/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6410:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6410 dmi.product.version: 0001 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903615 Title: Please enable CONFIG_[HARD]LOCKUP_DETECTOR To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/903615/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs