BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000040

[Juan A. Martínez]

When decrunching a 64k intro by demoscene group Approximate called "About Time". Can be found at http://approximate.org/approximate_about_time.elf , the show never started. Ubuntu 9.10.

ProblemType: KernelOops
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: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: stage7 1731 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: stage7 1731 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero ó directorio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd5200000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,104d2e00,00100302 HDA:14f12c06,104d1700,00100000'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 12
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd0030000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,104d2e00,00100100'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
Date: Sat Oct 31 21:31:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f0373688-dfca-4ae6-ab5b-c435d05b0152
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-FW41J_H
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=700eaf4b-6bcc-4ada-a7a3-9d02b52c411f ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.24
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000040
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 04/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R3100Y0
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR3100Y0:bd04/22/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FW41J_H:pvrC601KDMW:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-FW41J_H
dmi.product.version: C601KDMW
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 437258, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.