Dell Inspiron 5000e w/ RH 7.0 apm, apmd segfault upon invocation. /var/log/messages from /etc/rc.d/init.d/apmd start: Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: general protection fault: ea3c Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: CPU: 0 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: EIP: 0050:[<00003319>] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00210046 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: eax: 0000ffff ebx: 00000001 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: esi: 000000ff edi: ffff0014 ebp: c693fea4 esp: c693fea4 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: ds: 0058 es: 0000 ss: 0018 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Process apmd (pid: 23361, process nr: 64, stackpage=c693f000) Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Stack: 00000058 00ffffff feb80050 00000001 530a0000 00200016 00485c5f c0110000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: c693ff28 c01078f2 00000010 c693ff28 ffffffff c56f0018 00200018 c01d8b51 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: 000000ff ffffffff ffffffff 00200286 08040000 00000000 c0107ae6 0000530a Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Call Trace: [kill_something_info+56/236] [apm_bios_call+58/120] [error_table+1009/9344] [apm_get_power_status+42/100] [apm_get_info+58/248] [proc_file_read+154/468] [sys_read+174/196] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: [system_call+52/56] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Code: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00003319 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 08587000, %%cr3 = 08587000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: *pde = 00000000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: CPU: 0 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: EIP: 0010:[show_registers+653/704] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00210046 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00003319 edx: cb7a0000 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: esi: 0000002b edi: c6940000 ebp: cc000000 esp: c693fdf4 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Process apmd (pid: 23361, process nr: 64, stackpage=c693f000) Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Stack: ffff0014 c693fea4 c02490c2 000000ff ffff0014 c693fea4 0000ffff 00000001 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: 00000000 00000000 00003319 00210046 0000331a cc800000 c010a470 c693fe68 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: c01d91a7 c01d927c 0000ea3c c693fe68 c010a974 c01d927c c693fe68 0000ea3c Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Call Trace: [agpgart:__insmod_agpgart_O/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/agpgart.o_M39+-8732672/84] [die+48/56] [error_table+2631/9344] [error_table+2844/9344] [do_general_protection+108/116] [error_table+2844/9344] [error_code+45/56] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: [kill_something_info+56/236] [apm_bios_call+58/120] [error_table+1009/9344] [apm_get_power_status+42/100] [apm_get_info+58/248] [proc_file_read+154/468] [sys_read+174/196] [system_call+52/56] Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost kernel: Code: 8a 04 0b 89 44 24 38 50 68 9f 91 1d c0 e8 f5 9b 00 00 83 c4 Oct 16 18:18:39 localhost apmd: apmd startup failed
The 0050: at the start indicates the BIOS crashed. That isnt Linux. You should ask Dell to fix their BIOS or if they have a BIOS upgrade available.