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  1. Bug #585765
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Comment 41 for bug 585765

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databubble (phil-linttell) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 10.04 random freezes

The suggestion of using 2.6.31-10-rt prompted me to give 2.6.32-22-preempt a try. While I was impressed with how responsive the desktop seemed with a mix of high CPU load tasks going on in the background, it still failed the torture test and locked up.... this time with the return of both the "do_IRQ: 0.177 No irq handler for vector (irq -1)" and "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 61s! [ghb:9719]" just before the freeze.

The system was a little more responsive while it was freezing... I was even able to switch desktops and try other apps.
Firefox, Handbrake and System Monitor locked up right away (grey windows) - I'm guessing they were on CPU 1, the one which experienced the soft lockup. The desktop CPU load widget showed CPU 1 at 100% Other apps. seemed okay briefly
but ultimately everything locked solid within a couple of minutes, although I was able to reboot with SysRq+REISUB.

I did get quite a lot of info in kern.log this time... the fun starts at line 1003.

I'll give 2.6.31-10-rt a try in the next couple of days.