From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932692AbWFMAgh (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:36:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932703AbWFMAgR (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:36:17 -0400 Received: from liaag2ab.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.153]:20413 "EHLO liaag2ab.mx.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932690AbWFMAgM (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:36:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:31:35 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.16.20 kernel oops To: Petr Sebor Cc: linux-kernel Message-ID: <200606122034_MC3-1-C243-3BA4@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <448DE077.1040900@scssoft.com> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:45:27 +0200, Petr Sebor wrote: > Jun 12 18:53:42 server kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 > Jun 12 18:53:42 server kernel: printing eip: > Jun 12 18:53:42 server kernel: c0237744 > Jun 12 18:53:42 server kernel: *pde = 00000000 > Jun 12 18:53:42 server kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] Looks like your hardware is failing. Disassembly shows: Code; c0237744 No symbols available <===== 0: ba 08 00 00 00 mov $0x8,%edx <===== ...and there is no way this instruction can cause that fault. Your previous bug looked flakey too. Run memtest86 overnight to see if it finds anything. Also check the CPU temperature. -- Chuck