2.5.9 (latest bitkeeper, to be precise) dumps this message into /var/log/messages within a few minutes after startup. Running xmms or mozilla seems to do the trick. I ran two of the messages through ksymoops and attach the results here, in case they are meaningful. I'll be happy to help debug it further, if necessary. Here's one such message: Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: bad: schedule() with irqs disabled! Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: cdf99cb0 c0275680 cf742580 cdf99cd8 c010fbf4 00000001 00000082 00000005 Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: c02ffbd8 fffffffa cdf99ce8 c010fc0b cf742580 00000000 00000246 c0117b5f Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: cdf98000 00000001 00000005 c0226170 c021a359 00000000 c032cbf8 cf72ea60 Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: [] [] [] [] [] [] Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: [] [] [] [] [] [] Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: [] [] [] [] [] [] Jul 28 22:28:54 tea kernel: [] [] [] And here are two of them passed through ksymoops: mulix@tea:~$ ksymoops -m /boot/2.5-mx/System.map < ~/tmp/oops2 ksymoops 2.4.4 on i686 2.5.29. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.5.29/ (default) -m /boot/2.5-mx/System.map (specified) cdf99cb0 c0275680 cf742580 cdf99cd8 c010fbf4 00000001 00000082 00000005 c02ffbd8 fffffffa cdf99ce8 c010fc0b cf742580 00000000 00000246 c0117b5f cdf98000 00000001 00000005 c0226170 c021a359 00000000 c032cbf8 cf729660 Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Warning (Oops_read): Code line not seen, dumping what data is available Trace; c010fbf4 Trace; c010fc0b Trace; c0117b5f Trace; c0226170 Trace; c021a359 Trace; c01cf5e2 <__elv_add_request+12/20> Trace; c022507f Trace; c0226170 Trace; c01e7195 Trace; c01ebad6 Trace; c0239488 Trace; c023420c Trace; c0234c77 Trace; c022ac87 Trace; c0126500 Trace; c0246428 Trace; c020c432 Trace; c020f7d3 Trace; c010ee05 Trace; c020c629 Trace; c0135886 Trace; c0117dec Trace; c0117d24 Trace; c0117b1b Trace; c013597a Trace; c0106fff 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable. mulix@tea:~$ ksymoops -m /boot/2.5-mx/System.map < ~/tmp/oops ksymoops 2.4.4 on i686 2.5.29. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.5.29/ (default) -m /boot/2.5-mx/System.map (specified) cdf23cd4 c0275680 cf742580 cdf23cfc c010fbf4 00000001 00000096 00000001 c02ffbd0 fffffffc cdf23d0c c010fc0b cf742580 00000000 00000246 c0117b5f cdf22000 00000001 00000003 c0226170 c021a359 00000000 c032cbf8 00000002 Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] c022507f>] [] [] [] [] [] c02366d1>] [] [] [] [] [] c01c0830>] [] [] [] [] [] Warning (Oops_read): Code line not seen, dumping what data is available Trace; c010fbf4 Trace; c010fc0b Trace; c0117b5f Trace; c0226170 Trace; c021a359 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable. -- http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ http://syscalltrack.sf.net/