On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:02 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.com < valent.turko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Gordon Messmer <yiny...@eburg.com> wrote: > >> Google results for "xorg hangs Sandybridge i915" turn up a whole lot of >> results (sadly). Among the first page results is one report that a bad >> BIOS was responsible for the problem. Have you updated yours? >> > > I haven't updated my bios, will do that right now if there is newer > version available. > Updated bios to latest version... > Has this system ever run a Linux distribution that didn't hang/crash? >> > > Nope, only Fedora 16 and now 17. > > >> It may be useful to configure kdump on your system to see if that can >> capture the cause of the crash. >> > > Any pointers on how to configure kdump? > > Thank a lot for these tips! > Found these instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_kdump_to_debug_kernel_crashes And updated to kernel 3.8 rc2 from rawhide and enabled kdump on that kernel... trap is set, now I wait eagerly ;) -- follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turko...@hotmail.com
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