Hi anyone able to enlighten me as to what the following trap maybe caused by?
ram ? Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address c000000d current->tss.cr3 = 04654000, %cr3 = 04654000 *pde = 00102067 *pte = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<001468d4>] EFLAGS: 00010246 eax: 00000000 ebx: 02b539e0 ecx: 042f2438 edx: 002870e8 esi: 042f24d4 edi: 00000000 ebp: 042f2414 esp: 0452fee8 ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018 it is inconsistent, sometimes the system will go 2 weeks till it occurs other times it will do it within a day and the box does the same work day in day out .... any clue appreciated.... copy of dmesg output: Memory: sized by int13 0e801h Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fab60 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfb000 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb030 Probing PCI hardware. Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 133.12 BogoMIPS Memory: 95336k/98304k available (808k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1776k data) This processor honours the WP bit even when in supervisor mode. Good. Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok. Linux version 2.0.38 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #4 Mon Oct 25 01:22:17 EST 1999 Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2 Serial driver version 4.13p1 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Stallion Intelligent Multiport Serial Driver: version 5.4.4 STALLION: EC8/64-AT found, unit=0 io=2a0 mem=cc000 nrpanels=2 nrports=24 Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 loop: registered device at major 7 ide: Intel 82371 (single FIFO) DMA Bus Mastering IDE Controller on PCI bus 0 function 57 ide: timings == 80008000 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007 ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f hdd: , ATAPI CDROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : at PCI bus 0, device 18, function 0 scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : warning : revision of 18 is greater than 2. scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : NCR53c810 at memory 0xe1100000, io 0x6200, irq 10 scsi0 : burst length 16 scsi0 : NCR code relocated to 0x94600 (virt 0x00094600) scsi0 : test 1 started scsi0 : NCR53c{7,8}xx (rel 17) scsi : 1 host. scsi0 : target 0 accepting period 100ns offset 8 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II scsi0 : setting target 0 to period 100ns offset 8 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST31051N Rev: 0590 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 scsi0 : target 2 accepting period 100ns offset 8 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II scsi0 : setting target 2 to period 100ns offset 8 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II Vendor: CONNER Model: CFP1080S Rev: 4040 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total. SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2069860 [1010 MB] [1.0 GB] SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2110812 [1030 MB] [1.0 GB] PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. PPP line discipline registered. SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256). CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California. SLIP linefill/keepalive option. eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0x6300, 00:A0:C9:E5:45:8C, IRQ 9. Board assembly 689661-003, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043). Receiver lock-up workaround activated. eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 sdb: sdb1 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Adding Swap: 65532k swap-space (priority -1) Best regards Dave Blears Closer To Home Systems * Shop 6, 44 King Street * Caboolture, Qld, 4510 Ph 07 5499 3000 * Fax 07 5499 1822 * Mob 0416 173 522 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 1955906 * We Specialise in Computing Solutions and Personal Support New Systems * Upgrades * Repairs * Small Business Networking * Software