I get a non-fatal oops message when I boot debian. With this same kernel I don't get the same message with redhat. The version of the kernel was 2.0.30. This problem may go away if I use a 2.1.50 kernel. My graphics card is not listed in the 2.0.30 kernel with a pci device id, but this does not happen with redhat. My guess is that if I install the latest versions of insmod, mount etc. ; my problem may go away. I have not had a chance yet. Not having the hamm distibution on the offical debian cd-rom makes it inconvenient. I am enclosing the list of messages that I received. The oops address seems to be outside the kernel. Maybe it is insmod.
Donald Harter Jr. Nov 1 14:54:30 domain kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.Nov 1 14:54:30 domain kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.Nov 1 14:54:30 domain syslogd: exiting on signal 15Nov 1 14:55:32 domain syslogd 1.3-3#17: restart.Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Loaded 3393 symbols from /System.map.Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.0.30.Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Loaded 1 symbol from 1 module.Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: d881 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Probing PCI hardware. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Warning : Unknown PCI device (102b:51b). Please read include/linux/pci.h Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 398.13 BogoMIPS Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Memory: 31020k/32768k available (636k kernel code, 384k reserved, 728k data) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Linux version 2.0.30 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.1) #2 Sat Nov 1 14:49:40 EST 1997 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: loop: registered device at major 7 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: hda: IBM-DHEA-36480, 6150MB w/476kB Cache, LBA, CHS=784/255/63, DMA Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6102B, ATAPI CDROM drive Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Partition check: Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Adding Swap: 80320k swap-space (priority -1) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105c3 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[<028105c3>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000100 ecx: 02810548 edx: 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 01d69f24 edi: 0000002a ebp: 01dd8a98 esp: 01cfcff8 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 35, process nr: 15, stackpage=01cfc000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 02810548 01cfd018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105c3 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[die_if_kernel+640/704] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000010 ebx: 01cfd018 ecx: 028105c3 edx: 0000ea60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 01cfd000 ebp: 01cfcfbc esp: 01cfcf60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 0010 gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 35, process nr: 15, stackpage=01cfc000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 0000002b 00000000 00010000 01cfcfbc 01cfd414 02800000 03000000 02800000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01cf0018 00111206 0019dd5e 01cfcfbc 00000000 00110f4c 01d69f24 0000002a Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01dd8a98 00000000 01dd8798 00000000 0010a7e0 01cfcfbc 00000000 00000100 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02800000>] [<03000000>] [<02800000>] [do_page_fault+698/716] [do_page_fault+0/716] [error_code+64/80] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: [<028105c3>] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: 64 8a 04 0e 0f a1 88 c2 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 54 24 10 52 68 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105da Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[<028105da>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000100 ecx: 02810548 edx: 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 01d69f24 edi: 0000002a ebp: 01dd8a98 esp: 01cfaff8 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 36, process nr: 16, stackpage=01cfa000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 02810548 01cfd018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105da Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[die_if_kernel+640/704] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000010 ebx: 01cfd018 ecx: 028105da edx: 0000ea60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 01cfb000 ebp: 01cfafbc esp: 01cfaf60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 0010 gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 36, process nr: 16, stackpage=01cfa000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 0000002b 00000000 00010000 01cfafbc 01cfdc0c 02800000 03000000 02800000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01cf0018 00111206 0019dd5e 01cfafbc 00000000 00110f4c 01d69f24 0000002a Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01dd8a98 00000000 01dd8798 00000000 0010a7e0 01cfafbc 00000000 00000100 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02800000>] [<03000000>] [<02800000>] [do_page_fault+698/716] [do_page_fault+0/716] [error_code+64/80] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: [<028105da>] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: 64 8a 04 0e 0f a1 88 c2 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 54 24 10 52 68 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105f1 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[<028105f1>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000100 ecx: 02810548 edx: 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 01d69f24 edi: 0000002a ebp: 01dd8a98 esp: 01cf8ff8 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 37, process nr: 17, stackpage=01cf8000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 02810548 01cfd018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c28105f1 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[die_if_kernel+640/704] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000010 ebx: 01cfd018 ecx: 028105f1 edx: 0000ea60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 01cf9000 ebp: 01cf8fbc esp: 01cf8f60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 0010 gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 37, process nr: 17, stackpage=01cf8000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 0000002b 00000000 00010000 01cf8fbc 01cf9414 02800000 03000000 02800000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01cf0018 00111206 0019dd5e 01cf8fbc 00000000 00110f4c 01d69f24 0000002a Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01dd8a98 00000000 01dd8798 00000000 0010a7e0 01cf8fbc 00000000 00000100 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02800000>] [<03000000>] [<02800000>] [do_page_fault+698/716] [do_page_fault+0/716] [error_code+64/80] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: [<028105f1>] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: 64 8a 04 0e 0f a1 88 c2 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 54 24 10 52 68 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c2810608 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[<02810608>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000100 ecx: 02810548 edx: 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 01d69f24 edi: 0000002a ebp: 01dd8a98 esp: 01cf6ff8 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 38, process nr: 18, stackpage=01cf6000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 02810548 01cfd018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c2810608 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 01d68000, ^_r3 = 01d68000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pde = 0009e067 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: *pte = 00000000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EIP: 0010:[die_if_kernel+640/704] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: eax: 00000010 ebx: 01cfd018 ecx: 02810608 edx: 0000ea60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 01cf7000 ebp: 01cf6fbc esp: 01cf6f60 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 0010 gs: 002b ss: 0018 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Process insmod (pid: 38, process nr: 18, stackpage=01cf6000) Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Stack: 0000002b 00000000 00010000 01cf6fbc 01cf9c0c 02800000 03000000 02800000 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01cf0018 00111206 0019dd5e 01cf6fbc 00000000 00110f4c 01d69f24 0000002a Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: 01dd8a98 00000000 01dd8798 00000000 0010a7e0 01cf6fbc 00000000 00000100 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Call Trace: [<02800000>] [<03000000>] [<02800000>] [do_page_fault+698/716] [do_page_fault+0/716] [error_code+64/80] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: [<02810608>] [<02810548>] Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: Code: 64 8a 04 0e 0f a1 88 c2 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 54 24 10 52 68 Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: hdc: media changed Nov 1 14:55:32 domain kernel: hdc : tray open or drive not ready -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 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