Hi, with the latest 2.6.13-rc5-git kernel I see three weird oopses when I boot up my machine. All of refer to vt_ioctl().
Regards Marcel Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c022d1f5 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: rfcomm hidp l2cap af_packet tun irda crc_ccitt binfmt_misc ipv6 xfrm_user ipcomp esp4 ah4 pcmcia firmware_class ide_cd cdrom yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core ohci_hcd 8250_pci 8250 serial_core st sd_mod aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi scsi_mod skge snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc tpm_atmel tpm_nsc tpm ehci_hcd evdev usbhid hci_usb bluetooth uhci_hcd usbcore intel_agp deflate zlib_deflate zlib_inflate twofish serpent aes_i586 blowfish des sha256 sha1 md5 crypto_null af_key nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_base mga drm agpgart w83627hf i2c_sensor i2c_isa i2c_i801 i2c_core sk98lin unix CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c022d1f5>] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010286 (2.6.13-rc5) EIP is at vt_ioctl+0x15/0x1948 eax: c022d1e0 ebx: f7468680 ecx: f7468680 edx: bf98f420 esi: 00000000 edi: f5437000 ebp: 00005401 esp: f55fdeb4 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process getty (pid: 7578, threadinfo=f55fc000 task=c223e020) Stack: c02363e1 f7468680 ffffffed f7468680 f55fc000 c0227a46 f5437000 f7468680 f55fdee4 8802e020 f55fc000 00000002 f5437000 00000000 f7c41c04 c02277ba f7e8a444 c0169493 f7e8a444 f7468680 c0160a51 f7468680 f7468680 fffffff8 Call Trace: [<c02363e1>] con_open+0x22/0x8e [<c0227a46>] tty_open+0x28c/0x313 [<c02277ba>] tty_open+0x0/0x313 [<c0169493>] chrdev_open+0xb2/0x184 [<c0160a51>] get_empty_filp+0x6a/0x107 [<c02285c4>] tty_ioctl+0x95/0x4ad [<c01732b8>] do_ioctl+0x78/0x81 [<c0173446>] vfs_ioctl+0x5a/0x1ef [<c017364a>] sys_ioctl+0x6f/0x7d [<c0102d23>] sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Code: 12 32 c0 e8 0e 12 0a 00 e9 1e ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 57 56 53 83 ec 58 8b 7c 24 6c 8b 6c 24 74 8b b7 9c 09 00 00 <0f> b7 1e 89 1c 24 e8 f8 62 00 00 85 c0 75 0f bb fd fd ff ff 89 <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c022d1f5 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP Modules linked in: rfcomm hidp l2cap af_packet tun irda crc_ccitt binfmt_misc ipv6 xfrm_user ipcomp esp4 ah4 pcmcia firmware_class ide_cd cdrom yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core ohci_hcd 8250_pci 8250 serial_core st sd_mod aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi scsi_mod skge snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc tpm_atmel tpm_nsc tpm ehci_hcd evdev usbhid hci_usb bluetooth uhci_hcd usbcore intel_agp deflate zlib_deflate zlib_inflate twofish serpent aes_i586 blowfish des sha256 sha1 md5 crypto_null af_key nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_base mga drm agpgart w83627hf i2c_sensor i2c_isa i2c_i801 i2c_core sk98lin unix CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c022d1f5>] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010286 (2.6.13-rc5) EIP is at vt_ioctl+0x15/0x1948 eax: c022d1e0 ebx: f7468680 ecx: f7468680 edx: bf9b0860 esi: 00000000 edi: f5437000 ebp: 00005401 esp: f55fdeb4 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process getty (pid: 7615, threadinfo=f55fc000 task=c223e020) Stack: 00000001 00000001 f55fdee4 c0118c11 f7ec1a60 00000003 00000000 00000000 c031a57c c031a56c c031a574 00000282 f55fdf00 c0118ca8 c031a574 00000003 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000282 c02ce263 00000001 f7468680 fffffff8 Call Trace: [<c0118c11>] __wake_up_common+0x43/0x65 [<c0118ca8>] __wake_up_locked+0x2a/0x2c [<c02ce263>] __down+0xaf/0xf5 [<c02285c4>] tty_ioctl+0x95/0x4ad [<c01732b8>] do_ioctl+0x78/0x81 [<c0173446>] vfs_ioctl+0x5a/0x1ef [<c017364a>] sys_ioctl+0x6f/0x7d [<c0102d23>] sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Code: 12 32 c0 e8 0e 12 0a 00 e9 1e ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 57 56 53 83 ec 58 8b 7c 24 6c 8b 6c 24 74 8b b7 9c 09 00 00 <0f> b7 1e 89 1c 24 e8 f8 62 00 00 85 c0 75 0f bb fd fd ff ff 89 <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c022d1f5 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#3] SMP Modules linked in: rfcomm hidp l2cap af_packet tun irda crc_ccitt binfmt_misc ipv6 xfrm_user ipcomp esp4 ah4 pcmcia firmware_class ide_cd cdrom yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core ohci_hcd 8250_pci 8250 serial_core st sd_mod aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi scsi_mod skge snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc tpm_atmel tpm_nsc tpm ehci_hcd evdev usbhid hci_usb bluetooth uhci_hcd usbcore intel_agp deflate zlib_deflate zlib_inflate twofish serpent aes_i586 blowfish des sha256 sha1 md5 crypto_null af_key nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_base mga drm agpgart w83627hf i2c_sensor i2c_isa i2c_i801 i2c_core sk98lin unix CPU: 1 EIP: 0060:[<c022d1f5>] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010286 (2.6.13-rc5) EIP is at vt_ioctl+0x15/0x1948 eax: c022d1e0 ebx: f7468680 ecx: f7468680 edx: bfeed250 esi: 00000000 edi: f5437000 ebp: 00005401 esp: f55fdeb4 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process getty (pid: 7618, threadinfo=f55fc000 task=c223e020) Stack: 00000001 00000001 f55fdee4 c0118c11 f7ec1a60 00000003 00000000 00000000 c031a57c c031a56c c031a574 00000282 f55fdf00 c0118ca8 c031a574 00000003 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000282 c02ce263 00000001 f7468680 fffffff8 Call Trace: [<c0118c11>] __wake_up_common+0x43/0x65 [<c0118ca8>] __wake_up_locked+0x2a/0x2c [<c02ce263>] __down+0xaf/0xf5 [<c02285c4>] tty_ioctl+0x95/0x4ad [<c01732b8>] do_ioctl+0x78/0x81 [<c0173446>] vfs_ioctl+0x5a/0x1ef [<c017364a>] sys_ioctl+0x6f/0x7d [<c0102d23>] sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Code: 12 32 c0 e8 0e 12 0a 00 e9 1e ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 57 56 53 83 ec 58 8b 7c 24 6c 8b 6c 24 74 8b b7 9c 09 00 00 <0f> b7 1e 89 1c 24 e8 f8 62 00 00 85 c0 75 0f bb fd fd ff ff 89 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/