Bug 679558

Summary:	System freezes unless there is mouse or keyboard activity
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Remco <remco47>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Remco 2011-02-22 20:49:54 UTC

Description of problem:
After a few seconds of inactivity (no mouse or keyboard usage), the system freezes. Cursors stop blinking, the System Monitor stops updating, and videos start replaying in a short loop, like a buffer is constantly replayed. If I move the mouse or type on the keyboard, the system unfreezes again.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
This is on Nouveau Testing Day for Fedora 15

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot nouveau testing day image with default options.
2. Open a terminal.
3. Wait a few seconds.
  
Actual results:
The cursor stops blinking.

Expected results:
The cursor keeps blinking.

Additional info:
A workaround exists: if you put in nolapic_timer as a boot option, the system doesn't freeze anymore.

It also happens on Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822

Comment 1 Remco 2011-02-22 20:52:20 UTC

This is my hardware: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_77e0b572-4581-4e99-913b-4ffd7337eaf9

Comment 2 Chuck Ebbert 2011-03-25 05:18:52 UTC

Have you tried the 2.6.38 kernel?