linux-kernel - Re: 4.11-rc8 makes my Dell Inspiron 5558 crash

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Message-ID: <CA+ToGPGf_DHnzvs0HH6ZF=cC3LdUOm6GuTs+XeFQscc-cM-J7A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:09:11 -0300
From:   Diego Viola <diego.viola@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.11-rc8 makes my Dell Inspiron 5558 crash

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Diego Viola <diego.viola@...il.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For some reason 4.11-rc8 makes my Dell Inspiron 5558 crash. The
> problem is very random and I don't know how to reproduce it.
>
> That said, this only started happening with 4.11-rc8 and I've been
> using 4.11 since rc3 and it didn't happen at all with the previous
> RCs.
>
> Not sure how I could debug this, there is nothing in the logs either.
>
> I'm on Arch Linux x86_64.
>
> Thanks,
> Diego

Not sure if "crash" is the best way to describe it, but when I'm using
i3 and browsing X will freeze and I won't be able to do anything, Num
Lock won't work either.

I can only do a hard reset at that point.

Diego