Description of problem: Kernel oops while trying to print from within xpdf. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c0106f3b *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 Kernel 2.4.9-34 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[system_call+3/56] Not tainted EIP: 0010:[<c0106f3b>] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010202 EIP is at system_call [kernel] 0x3 eax: 0000008e ebx: 00000004 ecx: bfffd510 edx: 00000000 esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 ebp: bfffd5a8 esp: c316ffe4 ds: 002b es: 002b ss: 0018 Process xpdf (pid: 32255, stackpage=c316f000) Stack: 0000002b 00000000 402c1b3e 00000023 00000202 bfffd4c0 0000002b Call Trace: Code: 1e 50 55 57 56 52 51 53 ba 18 00 00 00 8e da 8e c2 bb 00 e0 Had killed xpdf with xkill several times while trying to print before this happened. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x.athlon.rpm How reproducible: Not, so far.
There might have been multiple processes writing to a print file from "xkilled" xpdfs at the same time.
Very shortly after the oops, the system crashed without writing to disk, and rebooted itself.
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): > kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x.athlon.rpm I don't think so Michael: > Oops: 0002 > Kernel 2.4.9-34 > CPU: 0
Doh, I forgot that there was a new kernel installed in the meantime. Sorry, was clearly not paying sufficient attention. I've closed this WORKSFORME, can always reopen...