kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason...

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

darrell pfeifer wrote:
> 2008/3/10 "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg at hi.is>:
>   
>> This has been going on of depending on kernels shipped with FC6-8 I
>>  noticed it...
>>  ( HW: Dell inspiron 6000 ) ( yes with the latest kernel FC8 )
>>
>>  Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason bX on CPU 0.
>>  You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus.
>>  Dazed and confused, but trying to continue....
>>
>>  Can we fix this messages somehow it's kinda misleading, it
>>  suggest that the hw is failing when in 99% it's a buggy driver..
>>
>>  When I read "You have some hardware problem" I think
>>  my hardware is failing and I need to backup my data
>>  and replace the part that is failing....
>>
>>  Better would be..
>>
>>  Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason bX on CPU 0.
>>  I have been feed [ driver X ] buggy driver ...
>>  Dazed and confused, but trying to continue....
>>
>>     
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a radeon card, using latest rawhide.
>
> As I mentioned yesterday, I had seen these errors a few months ago but
> they went away.
>
> Yesterday I had 3 NMI's in the space of about 4 hours. In each case, I
> had just selected a menu or submenu and it had just finished being
> drawn to the screen.
>
> I turned off compiz and haven't had an NMI all morning. If you're
> using compiz you might want to give that a try.
>
> That does tend to point to a buggy driver.
>
> darrell
>
>   
Check what the temperature is showing you next time you receive the 
messages..
I'm not using compiz... :)

Best regards..
                   Johann B.