Binary package hint: plymouth
After boot I found this in my dmesg
Uptodate maverick
Sometimes X fails to start and I get the recovery menu, I have to reboot/shutdown the machine to be able to use X properly (not in vesa mode), not sure if it's related
[ 27.369507] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010
[ 27.369512] IP: [<ffffffff812f5af0>] fb_release+0x30/0x70
[ 27.369518] PGD 1b8a7b067 PUD 1b8a77067 PMD 0
[ 27.369521] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 27.369523] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-3/uevent
[ 27.369525] CPU 1
[ 27.369526] Modules linked in: deflate zlib_deflate ctr twofish twofish_common camellia serpent blowfish cast5 des_generic cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic xcbc rmd160 sha512_generic sha256_generic sha1_generic crypto_null af_key snd_hda_codec_atihdmi snd_hda_codec_analog tpm_infineon snd_hda_intel snd_usb_audio snd_hda_codec snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep snd_seq_midi_event radeon snd_seq snd_timer snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi tpm_tis i7core_edac btusb asus_atk0110 bluetooth ttm drm_kms_helper uvcvideo snd_seq_device videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 joydev snd edac_core psmouse tpm tpm_bios drm serio_raw soundcore i2c_algo_bit snd_page_alloc lp parport hid_logitech ff_memless usbhid hid firewire_ohci firewire_core ahci libahci crc_itu_t sky2
[ 27.369561]
[ 27.369564] Pid: 451, comm: plymouthd Not tainted 2.6.35-11-generic #16-Ubuntu P6T DELUXE V2/System Product Name
[ 27.369565] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812f5af0>] [<ffffffff812f5af0>] fb_release+0x30/0x70
[ 27.369569] RSP: 0018:ffff8801b6a4bea8 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 27.369570] RAX: ffff8801b6a4a000 RBX: ffff8801b7124000 RCX: 0000000000000003
[ 27.369572] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8801a56206c0 RDI: ffff8801b7124008
[ 27.369573] RBP: ffff8801b6a4beb8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 27.369575] R10: 00007fff8969bed0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffff8801b7124008
[ 27.369577] R13: ffff8801b88235f0 R14: ffff8801b640bc80 R15: ffff8801b55e8300
[ 27.369578] FS: 00007f890030c700(0000) GS:ffff880001e20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 27.369580] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 27.369582] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 00000001b53b7000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[ 27.369583] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 27.369585] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 27.369587] Process plymouthd (pid: 451, threadinfo ffff8801b6a4a000, task ffff8801b3c596e0)
[ 27.369588] Stack:
[ 27.369589] ffff8801a56206c0 0000000000000008 ffff8801b6a4bf08 ffffffff81152df5
[ 27.369592] <0> ffff8801b88235f0 ffff8801b640bc80 00007f89001de000 ffff8801a56206c0
[ 27.369594] <0> ffff8801b8cd9e40 0000000000000000 000000000000000b 0000000002082db0
[ 27.369598] Call Trace:
[ 27.369601] [<ffffffff81152df5>] __fput+0xf5/0x210
[ 27.369604] [<ffffffff81152f35>] fput+0x25/0x30
[ 27.369607] [<ffffffff8114f47d>] filp_close+0x5d/0x90
[ 27.369609] [<ffffffff8114f567>] sys_close+0xb7/0x120
[ 27.369613] [<ffffffff8100a0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 27.369614] Code: 83 ec 10 48 89 1c 24 4c 89 64 24 08 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 9e a0 00 00 00 4c 8d 63 08 4c 89 e7 e8 67 1b 29 00 48 8b 93 c0 03 00 00 <48> 8b 42 10 48 85 c0 74 11 be 01 00 00 00 48 89 df ff d0 48 8b
[ 27.369636] RIP [<ffffffff812f5af0>] fb_release+0x30/0x70
[ 27.369638] RSP <ffff8801b6a4bea8>
[ 27.369639] CR2: 0000000000000010
[ 27.369641] ---[ end trace a385d6678a12f076 ]---
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: bigon 2286 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: bigon 2286 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbaf8000 irq 76'
Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1989B'
Components : 'HDA:11d4989b,10438372,00100300'
Controls : 48
Simple ctrls : 27
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'Q9000'/'Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 9000 at usb-0000:00:1d.7-2, high speed'
Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
Components : 'USB046d:0990'
Controls : 2
Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Capture 0 - 3072
Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [18.00dB] [on]
Card2.Amixer.info:
Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbbfc000 irq 77'
Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100'
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 1
Card2.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8dcaff54-5485-4db5-a620-c45d320b1984
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-11-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=fr_BE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-11.16-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: maverick graphics regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: pkcs11
dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0406
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T DELUXE V2
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0406:bd04/24/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDELUXEV2:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
plymouth is a mild-mannered userspace program - if the kernel is getting null dereferences, this is a kernel bug :)