It happens while I run wvdialconf.... I seems (not sure) that it happens just before the load ?.... I have a manually created file with wvdial that actually works... so I am not sure what wvdailconf is trying to do that causes the crash ? LEt me know if I need to debug some more.... (If I run it now I get.... Same? .... ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. Modem Port Scan<*1>: S2 S3 WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port. ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- Manufacturer: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttyUSB0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttyUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK Segmentation fault DMESG output: [36620.456000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 [36620.456000] printing eip: [36620.456000] f978892c [36620.456000] *pde = 00000000 [36620.456000] Oops: 0002 [#1] [36620.456000] SMP [36620.456000] Modules linked in: battery ac ibm_acpi thermal fan button e1000 ath_pci ppp_deflate zlib_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth tun nvram uinput ppdev ipv6 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative freq_table video container sbs i2c_ec dock asus_acpi backlight ppp_generic slhc nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat ext3 jbd mbcache eeprom i2c_i801 i2c_core lp fuse pl2303 option usbserial snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm joydev snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss ohci_hcd snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi irtty_sir sir_dev wlan_scan_sta pcmcia snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer ath_rate_sample irda crc_ccitt psmouse snd_seq_device snd parport_pc parport pcspkr wlan ath_hal(P) yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc intel_agp agpgart iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support shpchp pci_hotplug af_packet tsdev evdev reiserfs sg sd_mod piix generic ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore processor capability commoncap vesafb fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor [36620.456000] CPU: 0 [36620.456000] EIP: 0060:[] Tainted: P VLI [36620.456000] EFLAGS: 00210246 (2.6.20-9-generic #2) [36620.456000] EIP is at pl2303_open+0x44c/0x9c0 [pl2303] [36620.456000] eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00200246 edx: e7e36800 [36620.456000] esi: d98c0940 edi: f0b8f400 ebp: 00000000 esp: dbbc9e38 [36620.456000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 [36620.456000] Process wvdialconf (pid: 6466, ti=dbbc8000 task=de862560 task.ti=dbbc8000) [36620.456000] Stack: 00000040 00000009 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000064 00000000 00000003 [36620.456000] 00200292 00000000 f7db3c00 e4162e40 00200292 c0232497 00000000 c02330f0 [36620.456000] 00000000 f425f740 00000000 f0b8f400 d98c0940 f7db3c00 f0b8f40c f977f1dc [36620.456000] Call Trace: [36620.456000] [] tty_ldisc_enable+0x27/0x30 [36620.456000] [] init_dev+0x250/0x5f0 [36620.456000] [] serial_open+0x10c/0x160 [usbserial] [36620.456000] [] check_tty_count+0x14/0xb0 [36620.456000] [] tty_open+0x147/0x2f0 [36620.456000] [] tty_open+0x0/0x2f0 [36620.456000] [] chrdev_open+0xa8/0x170 [36620.456000] [] chrdev_open+0x0/0x170 [36620.456000] [] __dentry_open+0xba/0x1c0 [36620.456000] [] nameidata_to_filp+0x35/0x40 [36620.456000] [] do_filp_open+0x50/0x60 [36620.456000] [] do_sys_open+0x4e/0xf0 [36620.456000] [] sys_open+0x1c/0x20 [36620.456000] [] sysenter_past_esp+0x69/0xa9 [36620.456000] ======================= [36620.456000] Code: 20 8b 47 44 ba d0 00 00 00 e8 e1 f2 c5 ff 85 c0 89 c3 0f 85 13 05 00 00 8b 2d 80 c5 78 f9 85 ed 0f 85 2d 04 00 00 8b 47 24 8b 16 <89> 50 20 8b 47 24 ba d0 00 00 00 e8 b4 f2 c5 ff 89 c3 31 c0 85 [36620.456000] EIP: [] pl2303_open+0x44c/0x9c0 [pl2303] SS:ESP 0068:dbbc9e38 [36620.456000] On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 13:31 +0000, ChuckShort wrote: > When does the oops happen affter you disconnect or when you connect with > wvdial? > > Thanks > chuck > > ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) > Assignee: (unassigned) => ChuckShort > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > Groetnis ... Lorenco Trichardt