This crash was with the kernel from comment #6 and caused the system to freeze. ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Date: Wed Aug 28 14:26:12 2013 Failure: oops OopsText: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000003b0 IP: [] evdev_poll+0x31/0x70 PGD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: hid_magicmouse hidp hid cuse dm_crypt parport_pc ppdev autofs4 nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl rfcomm nfs bnep lockd sunrpc fscache binfmt_misc intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm crc32_pclmul arc4 ghash_clmulni_intel iwldvm aesni_intel mac80211 aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd snd_hda_codec_hdmi joydev snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec btusb snd_hwdep snd_pcm thinkpad_acpi nvram snd_page_alloc snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event bluetooth snd_rawmidi snd_seq iwlwifi snd_seq_device snd_timer lpc_ich microcode mei_me psmouse snd serport serio_raw mei soundcore wacom_w8001 intel_ips cfg80211 lp tpm_tis parport mac_hid btrfs xor zlib_deflate raid6_pq libcrc32c i915 e1000e i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ahci libahci ptp drm pps_core wmi video CPU: 1 PID: 1277 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 3.11.0-031100rc4-generic #201308041735 Hardware name: LENOVO 0831CTO/0831CTO, BIOS 6QET53WW (1.23 ) 09/15/2010 task: ffff88006395ddc0 ti: ffff880060d0c000 task.ti: ffff880060d0c000 RIP: 0010:[] [] evdev_poll+0x31/0x70 RSP: 0018:ffff880060d0d9a8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880035921800 RCX: 0000000000000050 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff880060d0dab8 RDI: ffff880060e39100 RBP: ffff880060d0d9b8 R08: ffff880060e39138 R09: ffff880060d0ddb8 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000003246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000002000 R14: 00080000001fe000 R15: ffff880060e39100 FS: 00007fead9936980(0000) GS:ffff880077080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00000000000003b0 CR3: 0000000060ccb000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 Stack: 0000000000000040 000000000000000d ffff880060d0dd68 ffffffff811c572e 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000304 0000000000000001 ffff880060d0dfd8 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff880060d0df28 Call Trace: [] do_select+0x31e/0x6f0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? __pollwait+0xf0/0xf0 [] ? kmem_cache_free+0x121/0x180 [] ? __sigqueue_free+0x3d/0x50 [] core_sys_select+0x1bd/0x2f0 [] ? set_current_blocked+0x15/0x20 [] ? signal_delivered+0x5a/0x70 [] ? acct_account_cputime+0x1c/0x20 [] ? account_user_time+0xa6/0xc0 [] SyS_select+0xbc/0x100 [] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6 Code: 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 10 48 85 f6 48 89 5d f0 48 8b 9f a8 00 00 00 4c 89 65 f8 4c 8b 63 18 74 0c 4c 89 e1 48 8b 06 48 83 c1 50 75 2f <41> 80 bc 24 b0 03 00 00 01 8b 4b 04 4c 8b 65 f8 19 c0 24 14 05 RIP [] evdev_poll+0x31/0x70 RSP CR2: 00000000000003b0 ---[ end trace 3a36cd33a55bf681 ]--- Package: linux-image-3.11.0-031100rc4-generic SourcePackage: linux Tags: kernel-oops ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-17 (1014 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: amd64 Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000003b0 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-031100rc4-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-04 (85 days ago)