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[RichardNeill <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christopher,

Is there actually any point doing this?  I've had so many experiences where I track down a bug in some detail, file it on Launchpad,, and then it takes a year or more (as in this case) before any developer might actually pay attention to the report - by which time the whole thing is obsolete, either fixed elsewhere, or still present but in newer releases. I often get the feeling that I am simply wasting my time filing bug reports, because, however helpful and detailed they are or try to be, they very rarely get attention beyond: 
        "confirmed/new".... "affects multiple users"... [time passes without a fix].... "release unsupported".... [still present]
So it seems more useful to report issues directly upstream.  

Of course, I realise that developer time is valuable, which is why I'm
happy to invest 5+ hours into bug reporting and further diagnosis. But
it is just too unrewarding to keep investing time to no effect.  Is it
unreasonable to expect that if a bug is reported, it should either be
closed/invalid, or fixed/deployed within a couple of months, ideally
less?

Richard

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338177

Title:
  BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [Xorg:1295]

Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I've just installed Utopic, and my machine is really slow to boot.

  WORKAROUND: Use Radeon driver.

  ProblemType: KernelOops
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: linux-image-3.15.0-6-generic 3.15.0-6.11 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-6-generic]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
  Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64
  Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
  ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC3:  rjn        2642 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC2:  rjn        2642 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  rjn        2642 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  rjn        2642 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Sun Jul  6 00:58:31 2014
  DuplicateSignature: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [Xorg:1295] RIP: 0010:location  location ulReadMmRegisterUlongViaAddr+0xc/0x10 [fglrx]
  Failure: oops
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dd46a6f0-bcb8-4e75-b77d-6158117027ac
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-05 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140703)
  IwConfig:
   eth0      no wireless extensions.

   eth1      no wireless extensions.

   lo        no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-6-generic root=UUID=41c3bf4e-49c3-4546-aea6-30a91309679d ro
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions: kerneloops-daemon 0.12+git20090217-3ubuntu8
  RfKill:

  SourcePackage: linux
  Title: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [Xorg:1295]
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/21/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0703
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V LX
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0703:bd10/21/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VLX:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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