On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 11:38 +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: > > > > ... Really what I have in mind here is stuff like "Video playback locks > > up the machine", "OpenGL locks up the machine", "Second Life hangs the X > > server", "World of Warcraft crashes the X server", "This web site > > crashes the X server", "Rosegarden crashes the X server". All of which > > are entirely automateable, though the "hard locks the machine" cases > > will require some sort of hardware watchdog arrangement... > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441665 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474973 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474977 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487432 > > > > At any rate, *some* testing is way better than none at all. > > Sounds reasonable, but how do you turn SMOLT profiles into real test > machines? In the worst case you will end up building one test server for > every single bug. Without proper hardware virtualization (which we will > not see for the next 10-20 years) that testing thing would be more > expensive than just sending certified hardware to every user for free ;) All the intel hardware I've been having problems with is stuff I didn't even pay for. 830M laptop, D845 motherboards, all were hand me downs. The rest is stuff you can probably ebay for $20-$40 at this point. Its not really that costly. The new expensive shinies are already being bought, its the older hardware that needs better coverage.
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