May  5 10:29:24 pollux kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000014

Thereafter, almost nothing on the system worked.

This was within minutes of booting, and thus isn't the result of
long-term corruption.

The system is an Athlon on an Epox 8KTA3 (=VIA), with BIOS flashed up to
17-Apr-2001.

The kernel is 2.4.4, compiled as a PIII (since I still can't get an
Athlon kernel to boot on this machine.)

The ksymoops is attached (to prevent wraps).

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% cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.4 (root@pollux.dioscuri) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #4 Sat Apr 28 19:54:44 GMT-6 2001

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% cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 4
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 1202.769
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips        : 2398.61

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%  cat /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev
3).
      Master Capable.  Latency=8.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd3ffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
(rev 0).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South]
(rev 64).
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 6).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.
      I/O at 0xc000 [0xc00f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
    Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev
64).
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
    Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20267 (rev
2).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.
      I/O at 0xd400 [0xd407].
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd803].
      I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc07].
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd003].
      I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc3f].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xda000000 [0xda01ffff].
  Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
    Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 1).

      IRQ 5.
      I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007].
  Bus  0, device  12, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev
16).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
      I/O at 0xe400 [0xe4ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xda020000 [0xda0200ff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev
130).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=32.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd5ffffff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd6003fff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd7000000 [0xd77fffff].

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Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas