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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is also the <alt> + <sysrq> R E I S U B combo in Linux in cases
of lock ups like this:

Just <alt> + <sysrq>, both kept pressed down at the same time while
cycling through the R E I S U B keys. About 5 seconds between keys is
plenty or until the hard drive activity light goes out.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Vangel V. Ajanovski
<ajanovski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 14.04.2011 15:16, authesserre samuel wrote:
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> Just to know if someone have the same problem as me with this
>> configuration (core i5 + Ati Mobility Radeon HD 5470) with recents
>> kernel (at least 2.6.37 and 2.6.38).
>>
>> I have random kernel panic at boot so I have to blacklist radeon
>> driver (or no compiling it...) to have a system usable (so no
>> vga_switcheroo...).
>>
>
> I have the same problem and it is reported as a Launchpad bug
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/727620
>
> It occurs in let's say 7/8 boots, so if you patient enough you will be
> able to start
> To reboot safely, if it happens press CTRL+ALT+F1 to go into console and
> then CTRL+ALT+DEL (otherwise it won't).
>
> In order to not blacklist the driver you can disable modesetting at boot
> in grub - just add
> radeon.modeset=0
> at the end of the linux line and it will boot fine.
>
>
>
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