[64studio-devel] Kernel Instability

[Ben Brown]

I've been experiencing a lot of crashes in X using the 
2.6.19-1-multimedia-amd64 kernel. I've not had crashes like this before 
- I've had X crash before but that normally dumps me back at a console, 
this just locked the whole box up and I had to reset the power to the box.

I'm currently using a "standard" debian kernel (2.6.18-4-amd64) and it's 
rock solid - I'd like to be able to use the multimedia kernel tho (it's 
what attracted me to 64studio in the first place).

More info about my system in case it helps:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller 
(rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTra                                  nsport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address                                   Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
DRAM Con                                  troller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscella                                  neous Control
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 
[Envy24] PCI                                   Multi-Channel I/O 
Controller (rev 02)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7300 GS 
(rev a1)

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name"
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+

The sound card is an M-Audio Audiophile 2496.

Thanks,

Ben