retitle 395818 linux-2.6 Broken dynamic CPU frequency and voltage scaling reassign 395818 linux-2.6 severity 395818 normal quit ---
I finally isolated the problem. It turns out it's not related to the nvidia driver afterall as it occurs with the FOSS nv driver to. The random freezes only occur if cpufreq_userspace and powernow-k8 are loaded. I've been using those two modules along with powernowd for one year and 3 months without any problem at all. Starting with linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64_2.6.18-3, a new error message started to appear at boot: ACPI: Invalid package argument ACPI Exception (acpi_processor-0272): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Invalid _PSS data [20060707] Is my motherboard somehow dying slowly or did something changed in the kernel (or elsewhere) that could have lead to this? Any other thoughts or hints? thanks, -Pascal -- Homepage (http://organact.mine.nu) Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org) École de technologie supérieure (http://www.etsmtl.ca)
