kernel bug

[amc]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "amc" <acrossonlnx at comcast.net>
To: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: kernel bug


> HP pavilion DV6258SE . the laptop has had many hardware challenges that I 
> have solved. I haven't tried other distros on it in a while. I love how 
> gentoo portage systems work. The kernel was crashing before gentoo init 
> takes over. its before any services are loaded. (the gentoo part of the 
> system) . the Broadcom chip info from lspci outputs that I have this . I 
> used what ndiswrapper site told me to use for drivers with the output from 
> lscpi.
>
>
>
> 03:00:0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01)
>
> I might also try using b4-cutter to see if I can get the wireless to work. 
> I do remember that its buggy with that. The kernel doesn't crash to much 
> when I boot just once and while.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>
> To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: kernel bug
>
>
>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:23 AM, amc <acrossonlnx at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I have been getting a strange kernel bug on my laptop from time to time.
>>
>>  Brand and model of laptop?
>>
>>  You mention Gentoo.  Have you tried any other distros?  Nothing
>> against Gentoo, but the "build everything yourself" approach means
>> every Gentoo install is different, which is something of a tech
>> support nightmare.
>>
>>> the bug says unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual
>>> address 80370665 and gave me a lot of call trace info and stack info.
>>> this problem only happens when I boot my laptop.
>>
>>  What was is doing right before it crashed?  That is to say, what
>> part of the boot process was it in?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:32 AM, amc <acrossonlnx at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I did noticed that some of the kernel crashed message had something 
>>> about
>>> ndiswrapper which I am using at the time due to how badly Broadcom works 
>>> on
>>> my laptop.
>>
>>  ndiswrapper is not the most stable thing in the world.  On some
>> hardware, it frequently causes kernel crashes.  One thing you can do
>> is make sure you have the latest version of ndiswrapper installed, and
>> then try different versions of the Windows network card driver you're
>> trying to load.
>>
>>  Is this wireless or Ethernet?  Do you know what particular Broadcom
>> network controller your laptop has?
>>
>> -- Ben
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