Bug 477105

(In reply to comment #0)
> Created an attachment (id=327411) [details]
> tail of /var/log/messages just prior to freeze
> Description of problem: Following boot the system freezes after the first user
> login as icons appear on the X screen.  Screen pointer arrow can be moved for
> several ~15 seconds after entering the password and three icons appear on the
> screen.  Then the pointer freezes.  Prior the freeze the system can be ping'd
> and runs normally allowing logins via ssh.
> System is ASUS M3A79-EM (motherboard) with AMD Semperon, 1GBt Ram, SATA HD,
> SATA DVD-RW.  Video is VGA with DELL CRT.
> HW Link:
> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2252&modelmenu=2
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 12:19:59 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> How reproducible:
100 % reproduceable 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Boot system
> 2. enter login and password (any user) on X screen
> 3. 15 seconds later the system will freeze.
> Actual results:
> Expected results:
> Additional info:

Turned off SELinux and rebooted.  We proceed a bit further, but with the same end result: freeze up just after drawing the user screen.  Here is a tail -f of the /var/log/messages file at the time of the freeze:

Dec 20 08:27:44 localhost pulseaudio[2593]: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us privileges. Dropping SUID again.
Dec 20 08:27:44 localhost pulseaudio[2593]: main.c: For enabling real-time scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
Dec 20 08:27:44 localhost pulseaudio[2593]: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy.
Dec 20 08:27:44 localhost pulseaudio[2593]: core-util.c: setpriority(): Permission denied
Dec 20 08:27:44 localhost pulseaudio[2600]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost gnome-session[2320]: WARNING: Application 'libcanberra-login-sound.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost pulseaudio[2675]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: WARNING: at lib/list_debug.c:51 list_del+0x41/0x60()
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: list_del corruption. next->prev should be c1510018, but was 00000000
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: Modules linked in: fuse sco bridge stp bnep l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand powernow_k8 dm_multipath uinput ata_generic pata_acpi ppdev floppy k8temp hwmon serio_raw i2c_piix4 pcspkr i2c_core pata_atiixp parport_pc parport r8169 joydev mii wmi
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: Pid: 2678, comm: sealert Not tainted 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 #1
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c042bb3a>] warn_slowpath+0x4b/0x6c
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c046f965>] ? mempool_alloc_slab+0xe/0x10
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c046fbd4>] ? mempool_alloc+0x42/0xe0
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0515df7>] ? cfq_set_request+0x0/0x2b0
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c05153ed>] ? cfq_service_tree_add+0x193/0x19b
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0516514>] ? cfq_add_rq_rb+0x9a/0xad
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0516590>] ? cfq_insert_request+0x69/0x3db
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a77cc>] ? _spin_lock_irqsave+0x29/0x30
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c050af96>] ? elv_insert+0xf8/0x184
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0520899>] list_del+0x41/0x60
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0471166>] __rmqueue_smallest+0x82/0x12d
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0471228>] __rmqueue+0x17/0x1a6
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04713e5>] rmqueue_bulk+0x2e/0x6c
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04721d2>] get_page_from_freelist+0x227/0x3ee
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0472600>] __alloc_pages_internal+0xb0/0x399
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a6192>] ? _cond_resched+0x8/0x32
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04812e4>] ? anon_vma_prepare+0x22/0xb3
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c047b180>] handle_mm_fault+0x14c/0x6d1
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c041d595>] ? kmap_atomic_prot+0x1d8/0x1da
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04743aa>] ? ondemand_readahead+0x101/0x10f
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c041d39d>] ? kunmap_atomic+0x87/0xa7
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a74f1>] ? _spin_lock+0x8/0xb
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04a445c>] ? mnt_drop_write+0x60/0xe9
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a76b3>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x22/0x38
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a931a>] do_page_fault+0x2fb/0x6ce
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0441025>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x12c/0x13b
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c041dc74>] ? update_curr+0x8d/0xf0
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04418d0>] ? getnstimeofday+0x3c/0xc9
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c041362f>] ? lapic_next_event+0x15/0x1c
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04442ae>] ? clockevents_program_event+0xd4/0xe3
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0445159>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x28/0x95
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0445210>] ? tick_program_event+0x22/0x29
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c043fe16>] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x135/0x155
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c0405f33>] ? do_softirq+0xbe/0xdb
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c04303f1>] ? irq_exit+0x5f/0x83
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a901f>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x6ce
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: [<c06a78f2>] error_code+0x72/0x78
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: =======================
Dec 20 08:27:54 localhost kernel: ---[ end trace 77e049e24a94261f ]---

Resolved by updating motherboard BIOS to version 1206 and re-installing F10 with all updates.  12/20/2008