Description of problem: System locks hard when GNOME session starts. If the session is started, the system will continue to operate normally. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.29-0.9.rc0.git4.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Difficult to say. Sometimes I need to reboot 5 times before it goes through. Sometimes it works right away. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log into GNOME Actual results: Hard lock-up. Expected results: No lock-up. Additional info: console [netcon0] enabled netconsole: network logging started fuse init (API version 7.10) BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#0, pulseaudio/2838, ffff880033610010 (Tainted: G W ) Pid: 2838, comm: pulseaudio Tainted: G W 2.6.29-0.9.rc0.git4.fc11.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff811976a0>] _raw_spin_lock+0xeb/0x116 [<ffffffff8137919e>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x6c/0x83 [<ffffffff8105dce1>] ? posix_timer_fn+0x25/0xb9 [<ffffffff8105dcbc>] ? posix_timer_fn+0x0/0xb9 [<ffffffff8105dce1>] posix_timer_fn+0x25/0xb9 [<ffffffff8105dcbc>] ? posix_timer_fn+0x0/0xb9 [<ffffffff810608e9>] __run_hrtimer+0x8a/0xc0 [<ffffffff81060a32>] enqueue_hrtimer+0x113/0x15b [<ffffffff81061246>] hrtimer_start_range_ns+0xe9/0x10b [<ffffffff81198713>] ? debug_object_init+0x14/0x19 [<ffffffff8105d74e>] sys_timer_settime+0x258/0x2c0 [<ffffffff8101130a>] ? sysret_check+0x46/0x81 [<ffffffff8106c4e0>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1f/0x153 [<ffffffff810112ba>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b The system does not have any audio devices, not even on the motherboard.
Hi Pete, Still seeing this with a later kernel? cheers, Kyle
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 478866 ***