acx wireless kernel panic in gutsy 8.10

[Brad]

Shortly after booting the 8.10 live cd, I get a panic and the leds on the keyboard blink. I was able to try to boot a few times, and managed to drop to a text prompt before it crashes, and this is a snippet, the only amount I could capture. Hopefully this can be useful for figuring out what is wrong... For what it is worth, 9.04 live cd also panics, not sure if it is panicing for the same reason... Also, no arguments seem to help. Whether I use noapic, noacpi, pci=noacpi, nosmp, etc. Also, for what it is worth, I am able to boot and install 8.04 on here. It seems to run without issue. I am using it right now to write this bug report.

<c037df9e> ? account_scheduler_latency+0xe/0x220
<c01acb2e> ? __slab_free+0xe/0xf0
<c0123454> ? __enqueue_entity+0xd4/0x100
<c037df9e> ? account_scheduler_latency+0xe/0x220
<c0380890> ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x720
<c037e9d2> error_code+0x72/0x80
<f8d1cca4> ? acx_l_process_authen+0x124/0x380 [acx]
<c014e63b> ? getnstimeofday+0x4b/0x100
<f8d1d6d1> acx_l_process_mgmt_frame+0x361/0x5d0 [acx]
<c015310b> ? tick_dev_program_event+0x3b/0xc0
<c014a675> ? hrtimer_reprogram+0x85/0xc0
<f8d1d99e> acx_l_rx_ieee802_11_frame+0x5e/0x290 [acx]
<c014e63b> ? getnstimeofday+0x4b/0x100
<f8d1dc0b> acx_l_process_rxbuf+0x3b/0x90 [acx]
<f8d1ff4b> acxpci_i_interrupt+0x20b/0x320 [acx]
<c01770b1> handle_IRQ_event+0x41/0x80
<c0178954> handle_fasteoi_irq+0x74/0xe0
<c0106c15> do_IRQ+0x45/0x80
<c0105003> common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
<c010acca> ? mwait_idle+0x4a/0x50
<c010288d> cpu_idle+0x7d/0x140
<c036edc3> rest_init+0x53/0x60
end trace 2514a7c7d0ae8296

Here is a dump from lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a08
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a08
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at cfe80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
 Region 1: I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
 Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Region 3: Memory at cfe40000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company PufferM-UL8E
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 16 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at cfe38000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 16 bytes
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
 Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
 Region 4: I/O ports at a400 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18
 Region 4: I/O ports at a800 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 19
 Region 4: I/O ports at b000 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 16
 Region 4: I/O ports at b400 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
 Region 0: Memory at cfe37c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000efff
 Memory behind bridge: cff00000-cfffffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
 Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
 Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
 Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
 Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
 Region 4: I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18
 Region 0: I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
 Region 1: I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]
 Region 2: I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]
 Region 3: I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]
 Region 4: I/O ports at 8800 [size=16]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0a
 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
 Region 4: I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0c
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 64 (8000ns max), Cache Line Size: 16 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
 Region 0: Memory at cffff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
 Region 1: I/O ports at e800 [size=128]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 2a0b
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
 Region 0: I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
 Region 1: Memory at cffff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

02:03.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface
 Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DWL-520+ 22Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 16 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
 Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
 Region 1: Memory at cfffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Region 2: Memory at cffe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

02:05.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Agere Systems Unknown device 044c
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 64 (63000ns min, 3500ns max)
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
 Region 0: Memory at cffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Region 1: I/O ports at d800 [size=8]
 Region 2: I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

Here is the results of dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
45 structures occupying 2680 bytes.
Table at 0x000F04C0.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
 Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
 Version: 3.20
 Release Date: 03/31/2005
 Address: 0xF0000
 Runtime Size: 64 kB
 ROM Size: 512 kB
 Characteristics:
  ISA is supported
  PCI is supported
  PNP is supported
  APM is supported
  BIOS is upgradeable
  BIOS shadowing is allowed
  ESCD support is available
  Boot from CD is supported
  Selectable boot is supported
  BIOS ROM is socketed
  EDD is supported
  5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
  8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
  Printer services are supported (int 17h)
  CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
  ACPI is supported
  USB legacy is supported
  AGP is supported
  LS-120 boot is supported
  ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
  BIOS boot specification is supported
  Function key-initiated network boot is supported
 BIOS Revision: 3.20

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
 Product Name: PS587AA-ABA A1034N
 Version: 0nB1211RE101GOLD300
 Serial Number: MXK5190JYD NA520
 UUID: 6C0974AB-5AC6-D911-B940-9CF66C88654B
 Wake-up Type: PCI PME#
 SKU Number:
 Family:

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
 Product Name: Goldfish3
 Version: 1.xx
 Serial Number: X312345678

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
 Manufacturer: Chassis Manufacture
 Type: Desktop
 Lock: Not Present
 Version: Chassis Version
 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
 Asset Tag: Asset-1234567890
 Boot-up State: Safe
 Power Supply State: Safe
 Thermal State: Safe
 Security Status: None
 OEM Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
 Socket Designation: CPU 1
 Type: Central Processor
 Family: Pentium 4
 Manufacturer: Intel
 ID: 41 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF
 Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 4, Stepping 1
 Flags:
  FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
  VME (Virtual mode extension)
  DE (Debugging extension)
  PSE (Page size extension)
  TSC (Time stamp counter)
  MSR (Model specific registers)
  PAE (Physical address extension)
  MCE (Machine check exception)
  CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
  APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
  SEP (Fast system call)
  MTRR (Memory type range registers)
  PGE (Page global enable)
  MCA (Machine check architecture)
  CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
  PAT (Page attribute table)
  PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
  CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
  DS (Debug store)
  ACPI (ACPI supported)
  MMX (MMX technology supported)
  FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
  SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
  SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
  SS (Self-snoop)
  HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
  TM (Thermal monitor supported)
  PBE (Pending break enabled)
 Version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
 Voltage: 3.3 V 2.9 V
 External Clock: 200 MHz
 Max Speed: 3800 MHz
 Current Speed: 3000 MHz
 Status: Populated, Enabled
 Upgrade: Other
 L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
 Serial Number:
 Asset Tag:
 Part Number:

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
 Socket Designation: L1-Cache
 Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
 Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
 Location: Internal
 Installed Size: 16 KB
 Maximum Size: 16 KB
 Supported SRAM Types:
  Pipeline Burst
 Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
 Speed: Unknown
 Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
 System Type: Data
 Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
 Socket Designation: L2-Cache
 Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
 Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
 Location: Internal
 Installed Size: 1024 KB
 Maximum Size: 1024 KB
 Supported SRAM Types:
  Pipeline Burst
 Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
 Speed: Unknown
 Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
 System Type: Unified
 Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
 Socket Designation: L3-Cache
 Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3
 Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
 Location: Internal
 Installed Size: 0 KB
 Maximum Size: 0 KB
 Supported SRAM Types:
  Unknown
 Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
 Speed: Unknown
 Error Correction Type: Unknown
 System Type: Unknown
 Associativity: Unknown

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: PS2Mouse
 External Connector Type: PS/2
 Port Type: Mouse Port

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: Keyboard
 External Connector Type: PS/2
 Port Type: Keyboard Port

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB1
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB2
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB3
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB4
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB5
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: Not Specified
 Internal Connector Type: None
 External Reference Designator: USB6
 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
 Port Type: USB

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: AUX
 Internal Connector Type: On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Audio Port

Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: CD
 Internal Connector Type: On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Audio Port

Handle 0x0012, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: IDE
 Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0013, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: FLOPPY
 Internal Connector Type: On Board Floppy
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0014, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: CPU_FAN
 Internal Connector Type: Other
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0015, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: SYS_FAN
 Internal Connector Type: Other
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0016, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: ATXPWR
 Internal Connector Type: Other
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0017, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
 Internal Reference Designator: FP_AUDIO
 Internal Connector Type: Other
 External Reference Designator: Not Specified
 External Connector Type: None
 Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0018, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
 Designation: PCIEX16
 Type: 32-bit PCI Express
 Current Usage: Available
 Length: Short
 ID: 0
 Characteristics:
  3.3 V is provided
  Opening is shared
  PME signal is supported

Handle 0x0019, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
 Designation: PCI1
 Type: 32-bit PCI
 Current Usage: In Use
 Length: Short
 ID: 1
 Characteristics:
  3.3 V is provided
  Opening is shared
  PME signal is supported

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
 Designation: PCI2
 Type: 32-bit PCI
 Current Usage: Available
 Length: Short
 ID: 2
 Characteristics:
  3.3 V is provided
  Opening is shared
  PME signal is supported

Handle 0x001B, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
 Designation: PCI3/PCIEX1
 Type: 32-bit PCI
 Current Usage: Available
 Length: Short
 ID: 3
 Characteristics:
  3.3 V is provided
  Opening is shared
  PME signal is supported

Handle 0x001C, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
 Type: Ethernet
 Status: Enabled
 Description:

Handle 0x001D, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
 Type: Sound
 Status: Enabled
 Description:

Handle 0x001E, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
 Type: Video
 Status: Enabled
 Description:

Handle 0x001F, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
 String 1: bid=52NAheBLU2,52NAheBLU1;C_MOJ;IS.N60d;MSDME_STD;MSMON_STD;PROD
 String 2: _MSWE;QUIF_NUE;RN_STD;RP_STD;SFCHK;SPY_BAS;WC_STD;WD_SE;##
 String 3:
 String 4:
 String 5:
 String 6:
 String 7:
 String 8:
 String 9:
 String 10:
 String 11:
 String 12:
 String 13:
 String 14:
 String 15:
 String 16:

Handle 0x0020, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
 Installable Languages: 1
  en|US|iso8859-1
 Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1

Handle 0x0021, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
 Location: System Board Or Motherboard
 Use: System Memory
 Error Correction Type: None
 Maximum Capacity: 4 GB
 Error Information Handle: Not Provided
 Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x0022, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
 Starting Address: 0x00000000000
 Ending Address: 0x0FE000003FF
 Range Size: 1065353217 kB
 Physical Array Handle: 0x0021
 Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x0023, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
 Array Handle: 0x0021
 Error Information Handle: Not Provided
 Total Width: 64 bits
 Data Width: 64 bits
 Size: 512 MB
 Form Factor: DIMM
 Set: None
 Locator: DIMM1
 Bank Locator: BANK1
 Type: DDR2
 Type Detail: Synchronous
 Speed: Unknown
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
 Serial Number: SerNum0
 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0
 Part Number: PartNum0

Handle 0x0024, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
 Starting Address: 0x00000000000
 Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF
 Range Size: 512 MB
 Physical Device Handle: 0x0023
 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0022
 Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0025, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
 Array Handle: 0x0021
 Error Information Handle: Not Provided
 Total Width: Unknown
 Data Width: Unknown
 Size: No Module Installed
 Form Factor: DIMM
 Set: None
 Locator: DIMM2
 Bank Locator: BANK2
 Type: Unknown
 Type Detail: Unknown
 Speed: Unknown
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer1
 Serial Number: SerNum1
 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum1
 Part Number: PartNum1

Handle 0x0026, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
 Starting Address: 0x00000000000
 Ending Address: 0x000000003FF
 Range Size: 1 kB
 Physical Device Handle: 0x0025
 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0022
 Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0027, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
 Array Handle: 0x0021
 Error Information Handle: Not Provided
 Total Width: 64 bits
 Data Width: 64 bits
 Size: 512 MB
 Form Factor: DIMM
 Set: None
 Locator: DIMM3
 Bank Locator: BANK3
 Type: DDR2
 Type Detail: Synchronous
 Speed: Unknown
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer2
 Serial Number: SerNum2
 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum2
 Part Number: PartNum2

Handle 0x0028, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
 Starting Address: 0x00020000000
 Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
 Range Size: 512 MB
 Physical Device Handle: 0x0027
 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0022
 Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0029, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
 Array Handle: 0x0021
 Error Information Handle: Not Provided
 Total Width: Unknown
 Data Width: Unknown
 Size: No Module Installed
 Form Factor: DIMM
 Set: None
 Locator: DIMM4
 Bank Locator: BANK4
 Type: Unknown
 Type Detail: Unknown
 Speed: Unknown
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer3
 Serial Number: SerNum3
 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum3
 Part Number: PartNum3

Handle 0x002A, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
 Starting Address: 0x00000000000
 Ending Address: 0x000000003FF
 Range Size: 1 kB
 Physical Device Handle: 0x0029
 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0022
 Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x002B, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
 Status: No errors detected

Handle 0x002C, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table

[Brad (brad-frank)]

I should have mentioned also that I am trying to boot the 8.10 live cd on a HP 530j.

[Paul Gortmaker (paul-gortmaker)]

Confirmed -- and I can hopefully shed some light on this as well.

Seems that this (acx wireless) is the common thread/culprit: acx_l_process_authen+0x124/0x380

Background:

I had an RT2500 wireless card on WEP that used to work on 8.04 but doesn't even link on 8.10 (separate problem) and so I replaced the RT2500 with this Netgear WG311 (Texas Instruments) based card. It gives a kernel panic and doesn't even survive boot. I plugged in a null modem, which allowed me to spot the culprit, and a google led me here.

I get the same:

[ 139.601803] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000029
[ 139.605751] IP: [<e0a68864>] :acx:acx_l_process_authen+0x124/0x380
[ 139.605751] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 139.605751] Modules linked in: i810 drm bridge stp bnep rfcomm sco l2cap blue
tooth nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc exportfs ppdev speedstep_lib cpufreq
_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_conservative cpufre
q_userspace video output wmi sbs sbshc pci_slot container battery ipv6 af_packet
 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ac lp loop snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_b
us snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy evdev snd_seq_oss parport_pc
parport snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event psmouse serio_raw snd_seq ac
x snd_timer snd_seq_device snd button iTCO_wdt soundcore pcspkr iTCO_vendor_supp
ort snd_page_alloc shpchp intel_agp pci_hotplug agpgart ext3 jbd mbcache usbhid
hid sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif usb_storage libusual sg pata_acpi ata_piix at
a_generic uhci_hcd libata usbcore scsi_mod e100 mii dock thermal processor fan f
bcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[ 139.605751]
[ 139.605751] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.27-11-generic #1)
[ 139.605751] EIP: 0060:[<e0a68864>] EFLAGS: 00010002 CPU: 0
[ 139.605751] EIP is at acx_l_process_authen+0x124/0x380 [acx]
[ 139.605751] EAX: 00000000 EBX: dd174480 ECX: 00000006 EDX: 00000000
[ 139.605751] ESI: 00000029 EDI: de6852fc EBP: c04a9e18 ESP: c04a9dd8
[ 139.605751] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[ 139.605751] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c04a8000 task=c0470340 task.ti=c04a80
00)
[ 139.605751] Stack: c04a9e08 16f64dba c04a9df0 c01136c0 00025884 de6852fc c04a
9e40 dd17474c
[ 139.605751] de6852f2 00000000 c8423e90 00000000 00000000 c04a9e40 0000
001e c04a9e58
[ 139.605751] c04a9e84 e0a696c1 c015326b 80e25c44 00000020 0000070d de68
52e6 dd174480
[ 139.605751] Call Trace:
[ 139.605751] [<c01136c0>] ? lapic_next_event+0x20/0x30
[ 139.605751] [<e0a696c1>...

[Paul Gortmaker (paul-gortmaker)]

Here is the driver detection data from the serial console, in case it helps someone...

[ 27.260447] acx: Loaded combined PCI/USB driver, firmware_ver=default
[ 27.266909] acx: compiled to use 32bit I/O access. I/O timing issues might oc
cur, such as non-working firmware upload. Report them
[ 27.488136] acx_pci 0000:01:0e.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 27.495252] acx: found ACX111-based wireless network card at 0000:01:0e.0, ir
q:22, phymem1:0xFEBDE000, phymem2:0xFEBE0000, mem1:0xe09c0000, mem1_size:8192, m
em2:0xe0b40000, mem2_size:131072
[ 27.897123] acx: loading firmware for acx1111 chipset with radio ID 16
[ 27.903687] firmware: requesting acx/1.2.1.34/tiacx111c16
[ 29.502631] parport_pc 00:02: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 29.508491] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE
,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
[ 36.136595] NVS_vendor_offs:01CD probe_delay:200 eof_memory:1114112
[ 36.142906] CCAModes:04 Diversity:01 ShortPreOpt:01 PBCC:01 ChanAgil:00 PHY:0
5 Temp:01
[ 36.150823] AntennaID:00 Len:02 Data:01 02
[ 36.155037] PowerLevelID:01 Len:02 Data:001E 000A
[ 36.159868] DataRatesID:02 Len:05 Data:02 04 11 22 44
[ 36.165083] DomainID:03 Len:06 Data:41 20 30 31 32 40
[ 36.170299] ProductID:04 Len:09 Data:TI ACX100
[ 36.174745] ManufacturerID:05 Len:07 Data:TI Test
[ 36.320041] acx: === chipset TNETW1130, radio type 0x16 (Radia), form factor
0x01 ((mini-)PCI / CardBus), EEPROM version 0x05: uploaded firmware 'Rev 1.2.1.3
4' ===
[ 36.336369] acx v0.3.36: net device wlan0, driver compiled against wireless e
xtensions 22 and Linux 2.6.27-11-generic

[Paul Gortmaker (paul-gortmaker)]

tested on another machine using a similar card, and got same results (again via serial console). Complete dmesg/bootlog attached.

[Paul Gortmaker (paul-gortmaker)]

Whoops. Minicom file name extensions are misleading. Here is the real log.

[Brad (brad-frank)]

Paul,
Is there anyway to unload this module from the bootloader or something? I would love to at least, temporarily disable the driver so the livecd won't crash, so I can manage to install a newer version of Ubuntu, like 8.10 or 9.04.

[Paul Gortmaker (paul-gortmaker)]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Brad <email address hidden> wrote:
> Paul,
> Is there anyway to unload this module from the bootloader or something? I would love to at least, temporarily disable the driver so the livecd won't crash, so I can manage to install a newer version of Ubuntu, like 8.10 or 9.04.

 I usually install from the ubuntu alternate CD, but I bet that the
live CD is very similar. As soon as your installer has loaded the
kernel and ramdisk, the alternate CD stops to ask for input - e.g.
asking for language choice. It hasn't tried to load any networking
yet. You should be able to use <Alt>+F2 (or 3,4,5...) to switch to
another text console and get a root shell.

Once here, cd into /lib/modules. Next part of the path will depend on
the kernel version, but for an up-to date 8.10 system, the offending
module will be:

/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/wireless/acx/acx.ko

If there isnt an acx.ko there yet, then it may be loaded later in the
install process; you should be able to switch between the installer on
<Alt>+F1 and your text console in a back and forth mode until you see
the module get unpacked, and then simply remove the acx.ko module
before the kernel tries to load it.

I've a theory -- that the problem is triggered by WEP only -- I
suspect this since most folks would/should use WPA vs. the insecure
WEP. And if this driver was broken for WPA users, then surely there
would be many more bug reports.

Assuming my theory is correct, you could just take off your antenna,
or shut down the WEP access point during the install, so that it
doesn't run the WEP auth code.

Hope that helps.

Paul,

[MillenniumBug (millenniumbug)]

This report only concerns 8.10 and 9.04. Does the bug exist in the new releases?

[Brad (brad-frank)]

I will be able to test with 10.10 sometime soon to see if I can replicate any problems.

[MillenniumBug (millenniumbug)]

I am closing this report as it does not seem to be a problem in the recent release.

If a similar problem appears in 10.10, feel free to open a new report.