I'm seeing this crash in 2.6.21-1-amd64 also. May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: CPU 1 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Modules linked in: tcp_diag inet_diag nvidia(P) binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrp c tun ipt_ULOG ipt_recent nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ipv6 mkiss ax25 crc16 parport_serial parport_pc dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_mod it87 hwmon_vid i2c_isa lp parport cpufreq_ondemand powernow_k8 freq_table p rocessor ide_disk ide_generic eth1394 ide_cd cdrom snd_ens1371 snd_seq_dummy ohci1394 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event ieee13 94 snd_seq sata_sil skge snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device tsdev snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_tim er snd i2c_nforce2 amd74xx soundcore shpchp pci_hotplug forcedeth analog i2c_core snd_page_alloc ehci_hcd ohci_hcd k8temp gameport psmou se serio_raw pcspkr floppy ext3 jbd mbcache raid1 md_mod sd_mod ata_generic sata_nv libata scsi_mod generic ide_core evdev May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Pid: 10280, comm: cpufreq-applet Tainted: P 2.6.21-1-amd64 #1 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802e3eea>] [<ffffffff802e3eea>] sysfs_open_file+0x154/0x211 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81006b7e9e28 EFLAGS: 00010206 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RAX: 00000000000081a4 RBX: fffcffff804c5460 RCX: ffff81002144ac80 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff81002144ac80 RDI: ffff8100772c4bf8 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RBP: ffffffff804c5620 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: R10: ffff810002595450 R11: ffffffff80229b3a R12: ffff8100772c4bf8 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: R13: ffff8100772c4b40 R14: ffff81002144ac80 R15: ffff81007ebfe430 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: FS: 00002b7d19950e20(0000) GS:ffff810002510e40(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: CR2: 00002b734bbbf000 CR3: 00000000310c6000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Process cpufreq-applet (pid: 10280, threadinfo ffff81006b7e8000, task ffff8100471a5160) May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Stack: ffff81005a367000 ffff81002144ac80 ffff8100772c4b40 00000000ffffff9c May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: ffffffff802e3d96 ffff81007fe54580 ffff8100772b8a40 ffffffff8021c787 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: 0000000000000000 0000000000008000 0000000000008000 00000000ffffff9c May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Call Trace: May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff802e3d96>] sysfs_open_file+0x0/0x211 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8021c787>] __dentry_open+0xd9/0x1aa May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8022539f>] do_filp_open+0x2a/0x38 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff80221716>] sys_newstat+0x28/0x31 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff80217ab0>] do_sys_open+0x44/0xc8 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8025511e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: Code: 48 83 3b 00 74 7b 48 8b 3d 81 48 1c 00 be d0 00 00 00 e8 27 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RIP [<ffffffff802e3eea>] sysfs_open_file+0x154/0x211 May 26 15:39:03 noddy kernel: RSP <ffff81006b7e9e28>
May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [2] SMP May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: CPU 0 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Modules linked in: tcp_diag inet_diag nvidia(P) binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrp c tun ipt_ULOG ipt_recent nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ipv6 mkiss ax25 crc16 parport_serial parport_pc dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_mod it87 hwmon_vid i2c_isa lp parport cpufreq_ondemand powernow_k8 freq_table p rocessor ide_disk ide_generic eth1394 ide_cd cdrom snd_ens1371 snd_seq_dummy ohci1394 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event ieee13 94 snd_seq sata_sil skge snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device tsdev snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_tim er snd i2c_nforce2 amd74xx soundcore shpchp pci_hotplug forcedeth analog i2c_core snd_page_alloc ehci_hcd ohci_hcd k8temp gameport psmou se serio_raw pcspkr floppy ext3 jbd mbcache raid1 md_mod sd_mod ata_generic sata_nv libata scsi_mod generic ide_core evdev May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Pid: 12946, comm: cpufreq-applet Tainted: P 2.6.21-1-amd64 #1 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802e3eea>] [<ffffffff802e3eea>] sysfs_open_file+0x154/0x211 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810023429e28 EFLAGS: 00010206 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RAX: 0000000000008124 RBX: fffcffff804c5460 RCX: ffff8100310741c0 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8100310741c0 RDI: ffff81007475fbf8 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RBP: ffffffff804c54e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: R10: ffff81007f591a10 R11: ffffffff80229b3a R12: ffff81007475fbf8 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: R13: ffff81007475fb40 R14: ffff8100310741c0 R15: ffff81007ebfe430 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: FS: 00002af873401e20(0000) GS:ffffffff804d7000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: CR2: 00002af870d30990 CR3: 0000000022165000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Process cpufreq-applet (pid: 12946, threadinfo ffff810023428000, task ffff810070bcb0e0) May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Stack: ffff810074a9e000 ffff8100310741c0 ffff81007475fb40 00000000ffffff9c May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: ffffffff802e3d96 ffff81007fe54580 ffff8100359d4a40 ffffffff8021c787 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: 0000000000000000 0000000000008000 0000000000008000 00000000ffffff9c May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Call Trace: May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff802e3d96>] sysfs_open_file+0x0/0x211 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8021c787>] __dentry_open+0xd9/0x1aa May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8022539f>] do_filp_open+0x2a/0x38 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff80221716>] sys_newstat+0x28/0x31 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff80217ab0>] do_sys_open+0x44/0xc8 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: [<ffffffff8025511e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: Code: 48 83 3b 00 74 7b 48 8b 3d 81 48 1c 00 be d0 00 00 00 e8 27 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RIP [<ffffffff802e3eea>] sysfs_open_file+0x154/0x211 May 26 15:58:25 noddy kernel: RSP <ffff810023429e28> May 26 17:45:04 noddy kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [3] SMP [nothing more, machine locked up] Seems that the sysfs interface is relevant in this crash. I had the GNOME cpu frequency monitor applet running. I have disabled it and will try again. Also hald-addon-cpufreq is running, though I don't know what it does. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
