Re: a total crash in pre2.2-9

Michael H. Warfield (mhw@wittsend.com)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:21:06 -0500 (EST)


Idan Sofer enscribed thusly:
> i was compiling gnome-utils 0.99.6, running an X with Gnome when suddenly
> an OOPS accured, following full screens of OOPS.

> After rebooting, the only evidence to the crash was in kern.log:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Feb 13 20:40:56 laflaf kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> dereference at virtual address 00000000
> Feb 13 20:40:56 laflaf kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00785000, %cr3 = 00785000
> Feb 13 20:40:56 laflaf kernel: *pde = 00000000
> Feb 13 20:40:56 laflaf kernel: Oops: 0000
> Feb 13 20:40:56 laflaf kernel: CPU: 0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
> -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
> Linux laflaf 2.2.0-final #1 Thu Jan 28 22:15:33 GMT 1999 i586 unknown
^^^^^^^^^^^

Time for a kernel update?

Mainline: 2.2.1
AC Patches: 2.2.1ac5
Linus pre?: 2.2.2pre2

2.2.0-final was the last of the 2.2.0pre kernels. You definitely
should probably update that...

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Mike

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