tom24, could you please test the latest mainline kernel via http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12-trusty/ and advise if this is reproducible?
** Tags added: latest-bios-1004 regression-release ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980330 Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: hi there, every time i plug in my typhoon dvb-s box, i get this error when firmware dvb-usb-vp702x-02.fw is loaded. if i boot my system with old kernel 2.X everything will work fine. best regards thomas lsusb: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 13d3:3207 IMC Networks DTV-DVB UDST7020BDA DVB-S Box(DVBS for MCE2005) lsmod: dvb_usb_vp702x 25591 1 dvb_usb 27623 1 dvb_usb_vp702x dvb_core 98163 1 dvb_usb rc_core 21231 1 dvb_usb ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: tom 2397 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: tom 2397 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfcff8000 irq 43' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC1200' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,104382fe,00100101' Controls : 40 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe9fc000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 1c HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de001c,10b01401,00100100' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 2 Date: Thu Apr 12 23:34:24 2012 Failure: oops HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a2d2fa7f-f037-4bb2-80fe-6bb0671b8a3a InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer P5QL PRO ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae root=UUID=dd853f0f-995a-4413-8d48-05ef9b5b6733 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: kerneloops-daemon 0.12+git20090217-1ubuntu18 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-11 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1004 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5QL PRO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1004:bd07/01/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5QLPRO:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QLPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5QL PRO dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/980330/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp