On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:32, James Wilkinson wrote:
You've got a kernel panic. Unix-like kernels Should Not Panic: you've run into a kernel bug. (That means that it probably would happen on any Linux).
The next question to ask is whether you've got Nvidia, ATi or VMware drivers installed that *didn't* come with Fedora. If so, there's not much that the Fedora or kernel communities can do to help you. All you can do is report a bug to whoever provided those drivers.
No. I never installed any display driver or other binary driver that did not distribute with Fedora. I have found Fedora to be a fairly comprehensive distribution, so that I don't have to go so far afield.
If you haven't been installing binary-only drivers, then the next thing to do is to enter a bug on bugzilla.fedora.us. They probably will want you to provide one of those crash dumps: it isn't gibberish to them.
You should find that Ctrl + Page Up and Ctrl + Page Down still work: these scroll back to let you see the rest of the text.
Do you have a digital camera? If so, I'd recommend taking photos of the kernel panic, and transcribing them at leisure. If not, I'd recommend an old-fashioned piece of techology known as a pencil and paper.
In your description, emphasise that it is reproducable.
In the meantime, I'm sorry, but there's not much you can do. It looks like your card reader is not compatible with Fedora Core 1.
You might have more luck with Fedora Core 2: a lot of work has been done in this area.
Thanks for the advice.
Say--do you suppose that Fedora Core 3 will be able to mount it without a panic? I might just wait until then.
Temlakos