Description of problem:

After running fine for ~10 days, opening a new pty in gnome-terminal oopses the
kernel.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
 printing eip:
00000000
*pde = 551bb067
Oops: 0000 [#1]
Modules linked in: rfcomm l2cap bluetooth loop tun radeon drm nfs lockd
parport_pc lp parport arc4 ieee80211_crypt_wep md5 ipv6 autofs4 pcmcia sunrpc
ipt_REJECT ipt_state ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables dm_mod video ibm_acpi
button battery ac yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core uhci_hcd ehci_hcd
hw_random tpm_nsc tpm i2c_i801 i2c_core snd_intel8x0m snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore
snd_page_alloc ipw2200 ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt e1000 joydev ext3 jbd
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<00000000>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00210286   (2.6.11-1.1261_FC4)
EIP is at 0x0
eax: c5615000   ebx: 01200011   ecx: 00000000   edx: 00000000
esi: f4691000   edi: f5d32bc4   ebp: c5615000   esp: c5615fc4
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process gnome-terminal (pid: 3870, threadinfo=c5615000 task=f4691000)
Stack: 01202011 00000000 00000000 00000000 b7fa8708 bffc6dfc 00000000 0020007b
       c010007b 00000078 00bbb7e2 00000073 00200282 bffc6d8c 0000007b
Call Trace:
Code:  Bad EIP value.


Will try a newer kernel later... this just spontaneously started. :/