System Test causes Kernel error icon to appear

[DavidRoth]

I'm running 9.10 32-bit version CD Live on a Thinkpad T43. When I bring up the System Test, a red icon appears on the top tool bar about a Kernel error. I was the prompted to report it. I had rebooted the system, brought up System Test and the error was reproducible.

Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

(Note: attached file contains the four requested logs)

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3042 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with AD1981B at irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 18
Date: Tue Nov 3 17:11:43 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Failure: oops
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: IBM 2686EGU
OopsText: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1YET65WW (1.29 )
dmi.board.name: 2686EGU
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1YET65WW(1.29):bd08/21/2006:svnIBM:pn2686EGU:pvrThinkPadT43:rvnIBM:rn2686EGU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2686EGU
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T43
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

[DavidRoth (davidalanroth)]

Nice bug reporting system!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi David,

Does the error appear if you don't try to run the System Test? If not, which test(s) did you run that triggered the bug to be reported? Its seems there may have been a kernel oops detected, but unfortunately I'm not seeing it in your BootDmesg.txt nor your CurrentDmesg.txt. The only slightly related error I notice is the following which is just a harmless warning.

[ 2645.944344] thinkpad_acpi: deprecated sysfs attribute: access by process with PID 4029
[ 2645.944348] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled

[DavidRoth (davidalanroth)]

Thanks for your e-mail.

Yes, after booting from the LIVE CD, when trying to run the System
Test, the error appears. It does this before any of the suite of
System Tests are actually run.

If you wish, I could video record the screen that details when the
error occurs. Please let me know, as I am happy to help out.

Best regards,

David Roth
<email address hidden>

On Nov 5, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Leann Ogasawara wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Does the error appear if you don't try to run the System Test? If
> not,
> which test(s) did you run that triggered the bug to be reported? Its
> seems there may have been a kernel oops detected, but unfortunately
> I'm
> not seeing it in your BootDmesg.txt nor your CurrentDmesg.txt. The
> only
> slightly related error I notice is the following which is just a
> harmless warning.
>
> [ 2645.944344] thinkpad_acpi: deprecated sysfs attribute: access by
> process with PID 4029
> [ 2645.944348] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable
> is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled
>
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> System Test causes Kernel error icon to appear
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473507
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I'm running 9.10 32-bit version CD Live on a Thinkpad T43. When I
> bring up the System Test, a red icon appears on the top tool bar
> about a Kernel error. I was the prompted to report it. I had
> rebooted the system, brought up System Test and the error was
> reproducible.
>
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26
> UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
> Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> Description: Ubuntu 9.10
> Release: 9.10
>
> (Note: attached file contains the four requested logs)
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to
> be restarted.
> Architecture: i386
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3042 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with AD1981B at irq 22'
> Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
> Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
> Controls : 26
> Simple ctrls : 18
> Date: Tue Nov 3 17:11:43 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: IBM 2686EGU
> OopsText: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is
> deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> PccardctlIdent:
> Socket 0:
> no product info available
> PccardctlStatus:
> Socket 0:
> no card
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/
> hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.24
> RfKill:
> 0: phy0: Wirel...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 430361, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.