[171058.169359] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008

[rusivi2]

1) uname -a
Linux name-laptop 2.6.35-19-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 29 06:36:51 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

2) cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3

3) (see attached)

4) (see attached)

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1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10

2) N/A

3) What I expected to happen is their are no problems with the kernel. ;)

4) What happened instead is their was a kernel issue that locked up my computer, had to restart to recover.

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-19-generic 2.6.35-19.28
Regression: No
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-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.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: name 1730 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd6400000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,1179ff6a,00100003 HDA:11c11040,11790001,00100200'
   Controls : 13
   Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Mon Sep 6 01:10:20 2010
Failure: oops
Frequency: This has only happened once.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cc396cca-2e22-41e0-b3ba-d48011482247
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L305D
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=a1b57b3d-bc96-40bd-b1f5-440aa202556e ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: [171058.169359] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008
dmi.bios.date: 09/01/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: 1.80
dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: AMD
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr1.80:bd09/01/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL305D:pvrPSLC8U-03701QB:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAMD:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.name: Satellite L305D
dmi.product.version: PSLC8U-03701QB
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

Updated the kernel, tried:

lshw | grep radeon

which ran successfully with no kernel crashes. However, when I ran the same under sudo:

sudo lshw | grep radeon

had a kernel crash, then it locked up my OS requiring a hard reset.

1) uname -a
Linux name-laptop 2.6.35-20-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 3 14:49:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

2) cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4

3) (see attached 2_dmesg_lspci-vnvn.tar.bz2)

4) (see attached 2_dmesg_lspci-vnvn.tar.bz2)