I'm not sure if I should post this info here as if I use kernel 2.6.24-19 now, but maybe it is usefull for older kernels too... Or for you kernel developers ;-)
Found some things worth testing on the Linux NVidea forum: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 and http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=58498 I am testing right now Kernel command line: root=UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx976d1bc ro nmi_watchdog=0 quiet splash idle=poll maxcpus=1 where I manually added "idle=poll maxcpus=1". Last 2,5 hours no screenflashing and short freezes, so maybe worth testing for you too... This is of course not a real solution, why using 1 CPU when I have 2! test Configuration: AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile TL-56 2 GB memory nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7200 rev 161 256 MB (shared) Original clean Ubuntu 8.04 installation, fully updated. Linux version 2.6.24-19-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 16:35:01 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-19.33-generic) NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:53:07 PST 2008 -- gutsy amd64 freeze crash lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157777 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs