Hi Gary, Thanks! I also have updated my BIOS (as mentioned in a subsequent post) but I have continued to have frequent error messages and lockups even with the mainline vanilla kernel. I have filed bug reports on both kernel.org and fedora -- hopefully it will be fixed soon. Btw, what does running memtest for 24 hours mean? What do I have to do? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:09:54 -0700 Gary Artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've had similar error messages and hang of the system (unresponsive, > but powered on). I would check if there is any firmware upgrade you > could apply to the motherboard and also run memtest for 24 hours. I > recently did flash my motherboard and haven't had a hang since, but > its a server/raid and the load can get pretty big, hasn't yet. > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:17 AM, Ranjan Maitra > <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been having this issue sometimes (not always but quite > > frequently) upon wakeup from hibernate for the past few days (on a > > newly installed notebook) which is a Dell Precision M3800. > > > > I get the following message on my consoles: > > > > Message from syslogd@.... > > kernel:BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! > > > > What is the problem? Is the problem with the laptop or the kernel? > > > > I am using kernel-3.16.2-201.fc20.x86_64 on Fedora 20. > > > > The laptop has 12GB memory and 16GB swap. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Many thanks and best wishes, > > Ranjan > > > > > > > > -- > > Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be > > deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. > > For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use > > appropriate addresses. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! > > Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth > > > > > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org