Linux-libre 5.12.5 freezes

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  • Leo Famulari
  • Maxime Devos
  • Mark H Weaver
  • Yusuf Talha
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Yusuf Talha wrote 4 years ago
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
MaNX5-L--Z-2@tuta.io
hello.  i am using a librebooted thinkpad x200 laptop with gnu guix.  if i use the latest kernel on my system, my computer suddenly freezes without a reason after a while of usage.  it is probably a kernel panic.  older kernels don't have that problem.  i'd be glad if you fix this.  thank you for your attention.
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Maxime Devos wrote 4 years ago
4153852a55746b2996451c6161a2b54df210c15b.camel@telenet.be
Yusuf Talha via Bug reports for GNU Guix schreef op zo 23-05-2021 om 11:22 [+0200]:
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> hello. i am using a librebooted thinkpad x200 laptop with gnu guix.
> if i use the latest kernel on my system, my computer suddenly freezes
> without a reason after a while of usage.

Maybe your computer is experiencing an OOM (out-of-memory).

Maybe keep a system monitor visible (e.g. gnome-system-monitor or htop)
and keep an eye on the memory & swap usage. Does the freeze coincide with
high memory usage?

Also, can you still hear your disk spinning after a freeze?
(IIUC, that would indicate Linux is still issuing I/O to the disk
so Linux did not OOP? I'm not an expert on these matters though.)

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> it is probably a kernel panic. older kernels don't have that problem. [...]

What was the latest kernel version that worked for you?

Greetings,
Maxime.
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Yusuf Talha wrote 4 years ago
(address . 48604@debbugs.gnu.org)
MaToph_--3-2@tuta.io
linux-libre 5.11.22 (the one in the installation iso) is working just fine.  i am sure that this is a kernel related issue.  i always run the same programs so my system's memory and swap usage is usual as always.  during the freeze my disk is not spinning but my fan sounds very loud.
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Leo Famulari wrote 4 years ago
(name . Yusuf Talha via Bug reports for GNU Guix)(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)(address . 48604@debbugs.gnu.org)
YKvL9V6fhZbWFvf8@jasmine.lan
On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 11:22:25AM +0200, Yusuf Talha via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
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> hello.� i am using a librebooted thinkpad x200 laptop with gnu guix.� if i use the latest kernel on my system, my computer suddenly freezes without a reason after a while of usage.� it is probably a kernel panic.� older kernels don't have that problem.� i'd be glad if you fix this.� thank you for your attention.

Sorry to hear that.

The first step to solving this the "Guix way" is to rollback your
system, using the `guix system` command [0].

For example, you could use `guix system list-generations` to find the
most recent generation of your system profile that does not use
linux-libre 5.12. Then, you would use `guix system switch-generation $N
&& reboot`, where $N is the number of the generation you'd like to roll
back to.

Once your system is working again, I recommend choosing the 5.10 kernel
series, by putting (kernel linux-libre-5.10) in your config.scm [1],
reconfiguring, and rebooting. 5.11 is no longer available.

The 5.10 kernel series will be supported upstream until the end of 2026
[2], and hopefully will not introduce regressions for your hardware.

Finally, you may search for upstream bug reports, or report the bug to
Linux. I doubt many kernel developers are testing on the x200 at this
point, so they will need bug reports in order to fix the problem.

I hope that helps.

Mark H Weaver wrote 4 years ago
87r1hsqenn.fsf@netris.org
Hi,

Yusuf Talha via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> writes:
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> hello.  i am using a librebooted thinkpad x200 laptop with gnu guix. 
> if i use the latest kernel on my system, my computer suddenly freezes
> without a reason after a while of usage.  it is probably a kernel
> panic.  older kernels don't have that problem.  i'd be glad if you fix
> this.  thank you for your attention.

FYI, linux-libre 5.12.4 also locked up on my Thinkpad X200, within a
minute of launching an Xorg session, and within a couple of minutes of
booting. I only tried booting into that kernel once, and I didn't try
any other 5.12.x series kernel.

For now, I've switched to the 5.10.x series. 5.10.39 and 5.10.40 have
been working well for me.

Thanks for the report.

Mark

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Leo Famulari wrote 4 years ago
(name . Mark H Weaver)(address . mhw@netris.org)
YK/dnk4qcJvL0T1E@jasmine.lan
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 01:17:37PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
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> FYI, linux-libre 5.12.4 also locked up on my Thinkpad X200, within a
> minute of launching an Xorg session, and within a couple of minutes of
> booting. I only tried booting into that kernel once, and I didn't try
> any other 5.12.x series kernel.
>
> For now, I've switched to the 5.10.x series. 5.10.39 and 5.10.40 have
> been working well for me.

I've started a meta-discussion that is related to this issue:


Mark, it would be great to hear your opinion on it.
Yusuf Talha wrote 4 years ago
Linux-libre 5.12.5 freezes
(name . 48604)(address . 48604@debbugs.gnu.org)
MasRaWn--J-2@tuta.io
i used linux-libre-5.10 and it worked fine.  but today i've tried linux-libre-5.12.7 and it seems like the problem has solved.  thanks for your help.
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Maxime Devos wrote 4 years ago
(name . 48604)(address . 48604-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
5f93fdec5da773c315c3a6cb5aa857cf73dab1ff.camel@telenet.be

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