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From: Georges Toth <georges@trypill.org>
To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff81013a612000
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:04:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483AA746.3000501@trypill.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19f34abd0805260421o363f61c3r9682d3c6a38056f8@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Vegard Nossum wrote:
> It seems that you have three proprietary modules loaded: vmnet, vmmon,
> and nvidia (identified by the (P) suffix in module list above).
> Especially the vmnet and vmmon modules which have been loaded forcibly
> (the F suffix).
>
> This means that it will be very hard for the mainline developers to
> debug your problem. Most likely your report will be ignored.
>
> I suggest starting your system without loading these kernel modules in
> the first place. Note: It is important that the modules are not loaded
> in the first place. Simply unloading them won't work, as the damage
> may have been done already. If you can reproduce the problem when
> these modules have not been loaded, then I am sure it will be
> inspected properly.
>
> If you cannot reproduce the problem, however, I would try to narrow
> down the problem by loading only one or the other of the modules, then
> contact the vendor(s) of the offending modules.
>
> The easiest way to prevent a module from loading at boot is to remove
> the corresponding .ko file from /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/. (But
> keep the original file if you want to move it back later.)
>   
As suggested I've removed all proprietary modules and am using the nv 
xorg module for now.
Should that bug occur again, I'll let you know :-).

Thanks

-- 
regards,

Georges Toth


      reply	other threads:[~2008-05-26 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-26 10:13 PROBLEM: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff81013a612000 Georges Toth
2008-05-26 11:21 ` Vegard Nossum
2008-05-26 12:04   ` Georges Toth [this message]

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