lcpci says: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1) kernel version: kernel-2.6.29-0.197.rc7.fc11.x86_64 GDM fails to bring up X, and the attached oops fills dmesg. Other NV machines are working OK so I assume this is chip-specific. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018 IP: [<ffffffffa006154c>] nv04_instmem_init+0x99/0x215 [nouveau] PGD 10e427067 PUD 10d075067 PMD 10d0ca067 PTE 0 Oops: 0000 [#60] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:02.0/resource CPU 1 Modules linked in: sco bridge stp llc bnep l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table dm_multipath uinput ppdev dcdbas serio_raw pcspkr i2c_i801 firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t snd_hda_codec_idt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer parport_pc snd parport soundcore tg3 snd_page_alloc ata_generic pata_acpi ext4 jbd2 crc16 nouveau drm i2c_core [last unloaded: microcode] Pid: 3483, comm: Xorg Tainted: G D W 2.6.29-0.197.rc7.fc11.x86_64 #1 Precision WorkStation 380 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa006154c>] [<ffffffffa006154c>] nv04_instmem_init+0x99/0x215 [nouveau] RSP: 0018:ffff88010c829d88 EFLAGS: 00010287 RAX: 0000000000010000 RBX: ffff88011bc361b0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000010000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8801185ae000 RBP: ffff88010c829da8 R08: ffff880119553280 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffff88011bc361b0 R13: ffff8801185ae000 R14: 0000000000000040 R15: ffffffffa00454ba FS: 00007f70fa0987d0(0000) GS:ffff88011ab09bb8(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 000000010d0e7000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process Xorg (pid: 3483, threadinfo ffff88010c828000, task ffff88010d0f0000) Stack: ffff8801185ae000 ffff88011bc361b0 0000000000006440 0000000000000040 ffff88010c829dd8 ffffffffa004534d ffff88010c829e98 ffff88010fa3e148 ffff8801185ae000 0000000000006440 ffff88010c829de8 ffffffffa00454c8 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa004534d>] nouveau_card_init+0x7fc/0x969 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa00454c8>] nouveau_ioctl_card_init+0xe/0x10 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa000ee16>] drm_ioctl+0x1fe/0x297 [drm] [<ffffffff810ef77c>] vfs_ioctl+0x6f/0x87 [<ffffffff810efbff>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x46b/0x4ac [<ffffffff810efc96>] sys_ioctl+0x56/0x79 [<ffffffff8101133a>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 05 00 00 48 c7 c6 80 93 06 a0 48 c7 c7 7c cf 06 a0 31 c0 c1 ea 0a e8 ce 21 33 e1 b8 00 00 01 00 31 c9 eb 10 48 8b 73 28 48 63 d0 <48> 03 56 18 89 0a 83 c0 04 3b 83 48 05 00 00 72 e8 4d 8b a5 50 RIP [<ffffffffa006154c>] nv04_instmem_init+0x99/0x215 [nouveau] RSP <ffff88010c829d88> CR2: 0000000000000018 ---[ end trace ec582027a4f86622 ]--- [drm:drm_release] *ERROR* Device busy: 1
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 488342 ***