Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Random segfaults with kernel 2.6.27

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

Andrey Falko wrote:
> On 11/20/08, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@arcor.de>  wrote:
>> As it happens, upgrading to kernel 2.6.27 was not the only change; I
>> switched from xf86-video-radeonhd to the proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers.
>>   Didn't think that this has anything to do with it though.
>
>
> I have a hunch that this is the problem. Have you tried 2.6.27 without the
> proprietary ATI drivers? This is the first thing I would suspect because ATI
> drivers are not reputed --- or so I believe --- for being the best quality
> software out there. Either way, we need to eliminate as many factors as
> possible and one of these factors is your ATI driver change. I don't know
> much about Prime95, but if it won't simulate a subtlety in your video
> drivers, especially how proprietary ATI drivers will play with kernel
> 2.6.27.

I would definitely say this is worth looking into - not necessarily 
because the ati-drivers are bad software but because they have always 
stressed my hardware more than any open source drivers (and yielded 
better performance too).

FWIW I've never known any stress test to be as good as compiling 
openoffice :)

cya,
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