I get this oops on boot, while the /etc/rc.d/init.d/bluetooth scripts are running: Bluetooth: Core ver 2.8 NET: Registered protocol family 31 Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c027a5d5 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] 4K_STACKS SMP last sysfs file: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:15:00.1/fw-host0/000a27000401f4a2/000a2 7000401f4a2-0/version Modules linked in: bluetooth sunrpc ip_conntrack_netbios_ns ipt_REJECT xt_state ip_conntrack n fnetlink xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables vfat fat dm_mirror dm_mod video ibm_acpi button battery ac parport_pc lp parport nvram raw1394 video1394 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec sn d_seq_dummy mmc_block snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event wlan_scan_sta snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_ pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer sdhci sg ohci1394 ieee1394 ehci_hcd snd mmc_core ath_p ci ath_rate_sample e1000 i2c_i801 soundcore snd_page_alloc wlan ath_hal uhci_hcd piix pcspkr i 2c_core generic ext3 jbd ahci libata sd_mod scsi_mod CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[] Tainted: P VLI EFLAGS: 00210287 (2.6.17-mm1 #40) EIP is at usbdev_open+0xaf/0x1a3 eax: 0bd00200 ebx: 00000000 ecx: fffffe78 edx: f757c388 esi: f64d1b40 edi: f7fb9ac0 ebp: 00000200 esp: f75e3ed8 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process hid2hci (pid: 2140, ti=f75e3000 task=f70a65a0 task.ti=f75e3000) Stack: f7092b00 f7014bf0 00000000 c03d0e00 f7014bf0 f7092b00 c016d7eb 00000200 f7092b00 f7014bf0 00000000 c016d6e7 c0164314 c20fe140 f750fe08 f7092b00 00000002 f75e3f40 00000004 c0164472 f7092b00 00000000 00000001 c01644b3 Call Trace: [] chrdev_open+0x104/0x148 [] chrdev_open+0x0/0x148 [] __dentry_open+0xc7/0x1ab [] nameidata_to_filp+0x24/0x33 [] do_filp_open+0x32/0x39 [] current_fs_time+0x4f/0x59 [] get_unused_fd+0xb9/0xc3 [] do_sys_open+0x42/0xbe [] sys_open+0x1c/0x1e [] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x79 [] __down_interruptible+0x63/0x12e Code: 00 00 8b 3d ac ba 4a c0 8b 8f 9c 00 00 00 81 e9 88 01 00 00 eb 15 89 e8 0d 00 00 d0 0b 3 9 81 94 01 00 00 74 85 8d 8b 78 fe ff ff <8b> 99 88 01 00 00 0f 18 03 90 8d 91 88 01 00 00 8d 87 9c 00 00 EIP: [] usbdev_open+0xaf/0x1a3 SS:ESP 0068:f75e3ed8 <6>Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8 Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7 Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1 There's no bluetooth device actually visible on the USB bus at this point. dmesg and config attached. J