From: "Gregory M. Turner" <gmt@malth.us>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Synaptics driver freezes my kernel
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:44:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5079EED0.2030005@malth.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1349783822.7470.5@numa-i>
On 10/9/2012 4:57 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using kernel 3.6.1-gentoo (which claims to have fixed a synaptics
> modules bug) with
> xorg-server-1.11.4-r1 (I can't use a more recent one because my ATI
> graphics card is "too old"
> for ati-drivers > 12.4) and xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.2.
>
> After a few minutes, it segfaults the kernel ==> hard reset.
> Without synaptics the system is rock stable (for many hours at least).
>
> Has anybody made a similar experience or know about a bug fix?
>
> Many thanks for hint,
> Helmut.
It's been working for me for ages ... in fact for years, I maintained a
bug with an ebuild for it before it even went into the kernel.
Never seen it cause a crash, ever. Are you sure synaptics caused your
reset? Unless you have changed the defaults, last I checked, a linux
kernel panic would not cause a hard reset, but a freeze (or what looks
like one from an X11 gui).
-gmt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-13 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-09 11:57 [gentoo-user] Synaptics driver freezes my kernel Helmut Jarausch
2012-10-13 22:44 ` Gregory M. Turner [this message]
2012-10-14 8:30 ` Helmut Jarausch
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