Public bug reported: This bug may be the underlying problem of bug 605124, which I have reported upstream as https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29048 . I had written some more relevant information here, but I was struck by bug 553946 for the second time today, and can't remember what it was :-(
I have tried several kernels, but it is hard to say anything for sure, since the frequency of this problem varies with kernel build and possibly the mood of ureadahead (i.e. how fast it is able to make the boot go). 2.6.35-7: Where I initially had the problem. Sometimes I only get this oops message in the dmesg output and everything else works fine, but often I get an the oops from bug 605124 and Xorg starts in low-graphics mode. 2.6.35-6: I have booted this 3-4 times and haven't had any problems yet. 2.6.35-rc5 (mainline build): I get this oops every now and then, but it does not affect Xorg or anything else as far as I can see. 2.6.35-rc4 (mainline build): I get this oops every now and then, but it does not affect Xorg or anything else as far as I can see. The laptop keyboard and pointer does not work with this build, but USB mouse and keyboard does. 2.6.35-rc3 (mainline build): I have tried to trigger the problem here several times without success. ureadahead sayd it would reprofile on next boot when I installed this, but it always returned exit status 5 on boot with this kernel, which may mean the boots were slower. 2010-06-15 mainline build: I have tried to trigger the problem here several times without success, but I alternated with -rc5 for comparison and in 8 boots on each, none of them had problems. 2010-06-30 mainline build: Like -rc4, laptop keyboard doesn't work and at this time I didn't have an external keyboard available. ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-image-2.6.35-7-generic 2.6.35-7.12 Regression: Yes Reproducible: No ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic i686 AcpiTables: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: gom 1456 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8220000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984' Components : 'HDA:11d41984,17aa20dd,00100400' Controls : 31 Simple ctrls : 19 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7RHT16WW-1.02' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7RHT16WW-1.02' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Wed Jul 14 15:45:18 2010 Failure: oops Frequency: Once a day. HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e938f4f3-2a95-49cf-96c1-b8bda2c16dce InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100630.2) MachineType: LENOVO 7764CTO PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-7-generic root=UUID=460f28a3-969c-409a-ab57-6070e2c7288e ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008 dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7SET36WW (1.22 ) dmi.board.name: 7764CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7SET36WW(1.22):bd11/27/2008:svnLENOVO:pn7764CTO:pvrThinkPadX61Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn7764CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 7764CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X61 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-kerneloops graphics i386 kernel-oops maverick needs-upstream-testing regression-potential -- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605440 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs