Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000030c; EIP is at fb_mmap+0x34/0x170

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I am unable to install the nvidia driver. My card is not recognized anymore at boot up and I have to select xfailsafe to boot at all.

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-11-generic 2.6.35-11.16
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-11.16-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-11-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: home 1235 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Live'/'SB Live! Value [CT4830] (rev.7, serial:0x80261102) at 0xd000, irq 5'
   Mixer name : 'TriTech TR28602'
   Components : 'AC97a:54524123'
   Controls : 216
   Simple ctrls : 38
Date: Wed Jul 28 19:20:02 2010
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=fd11132e-dc78-409f-a2f4-3beb06a44f13
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100630.2)
MachineType: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367-8235
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-11-generic root=UUID=0b3657d6-390b-4e64-8870-09e5938786c5 ro single
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000030c
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: VT8367-8235
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd06/19/2003:svnVIATechnologies,Inc.:pnVT8367-8235:pvr:rvn:rnVT8367-8235:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VT8367-8235
dmi.sys.vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

<email address hidden>, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in a supported release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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