Description of problem: Machine dumps core and stops with message "Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffff034" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 How reproducible: varies--usually occurs during inital boot at "Starting udev" message. Sometimes just pauses, other times does a dump Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot machine 2. "Starting udev" message appears 3. Machine either 1.) boots normally 2.) freezes at "Starting udev" or 3.) does a complete dump of registers and then halts Actual results: see below Expected results: normal boot Additional info: Starting udev: [<c02e4586>] do_page_fault + 0xa5/0x51d Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffff034 Printing eip: c0103bf1 *pde= 0002067 Oops: 0000 [#9] Last sysfs file: /block/hdb/removeable Modules linked in: ohci1394 uhci_hcd ieee1394 hsfpcibasic2(U) hsfserial(U) ehci_hcd hsfengine(U) e100 mii hsfosspec(U) emul0k1_gp hsfsoar(U) gameport hw_random i2c_i801 i2c_core ext3 jbd cpu: 0 eip: 0060:<c0103bf1>] Tainted: P VLI eflags: 00010002 (2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 h1) Additional comments: Have Opensound driver from 4Front installed for Dell Soundblaster Live 5.1 card Have Linuxant Conexant HSF softmodem driver that loads for modem access (THIS IS A RESUBMISSION OF BUG 194944 WHICH WAS LOST DUE TO A HARDWARE CRASH)
does it happen without those extra modules being present ? The [#9] in the report above means this is the 9th oops too, so I'm guessing a bunch of others scrolled by. If you boot with boot_delay=100 (you may have to adjust the 100 to more/less), the speed text is output will be decreased, so you should be able to capture the first one (if you have a digital camera, just attach a pic of it to the bug) also booting with vga=791 will increase the number of lines of text able to fit on the screen.
Yes, several screens/pages of do_page_fault scrolled by before stopping. This particularly problem is very intermittent--one can reboot several times with no problem, and then the freeze up or dump will start to happen. I'll definitely take the advice of using the delay=100 to see if I can get more detail. Also, this seemed to start happening with FC5 with the release of the new version of udev several months ago--it's just recently that it seems to start occuring more frequently.
Upgraded to 2.6.17-1-2139 FC5 on 6/29/06. Now on boot, the following appears: <c0602996> do_page_fault +0x443/0x5ad <c06025537> do_page_fault+0x0/0x5ad <c04037df7> error_code+0x4f/0x54 <c0403079> show_trace_log_lvl + 0x93/0xed BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000002 Printing EIP: c0403d79 *pdc = 00000000
Created attachment 131835 [details] Linuxant Conexant HSF Modem driver to be compiled for current FC5 This is the curent gzip'ed tar file from Linxuant (www.linuxant.com) for the Conexant HSF softmodem that was shipped with a number of Dell 45xx series computers. To use, the tar files are extracted, and then a make install is done, and the prompts are followed. This is the latest version, dated May 2, 2006. While it is recognized that this is a "wrapper" type module that "taints" the kernel, please keep in mind this is the only driver available for this modem, ie, you're up the creek w/o paddle if you need to use a modem and FC5 with the Conexant HSF series modems.
It appears that the Linuxant HSF modem driver is causing the NULL ponter derefernce error in 2.6.17-1-2139. Removing the driver module causes the error to go away.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
(this is a mass-close to kernel bugs in NEEDINFO state) As indicated previously there has been no update on the progress of this bug therefore I am closing it as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Please re-open if the issue still occurs for you and I will try to assist in its resolution. Thank you for taking the time to report the initial bug. If you believe that this bug was closed in error, please feel free to reopen this bug.