pcmcia/kernel strangeness

[Daniel Wittenberg]

Ok, I had a terminal window open when this happened this morning, so I
managed to copy/paste to another editor.  Does this mean anything to
anyone?

> Oct  9 03:41:31 runabout cardmgr[621]: executing: './network stop eth1'
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout cardmgr[621]: executing: 'modprobe -r airo_cs'
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6b6b6b6b
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:  printing eip:
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: 6b6b6b6b
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: *pde = 00000000
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Oops: 0000
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: i810_audio ac97_codec soundcore sd_mod floppy sr_mod parport_pc lp parport ds yenta_socket pcmcia_core irlan irda 3c59x ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom ohci139
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: CPU:    0
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: EIP:    0060:[<6b6b6b6b>]    Not tainted
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: EIP is at Using_Versions [] 0x6b6b6b6a (2.4.22-1.2087.nptl)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: eax: dd9e42c8   ebx: dffa1f90   ecx: 6b6b6b6b edx: 6b6b6b6b
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: esi: dffa1f90   edi: dffa0332   ebp: dffa0000 esp: dffa1f88
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: ds: 0068   es: 0068   ss: 0068
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Process keventd (pid: 2, stackpage=dffa1000)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Stack: c012349a 6b6b6b6b dd9e42c8 dd9e42c8 00000001 c02888f9 c012d693 c03486f0
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:        dffa1fb0 00000000 00000001 00000000 dffdff58 00010000 00000000 c012d580
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:        00000000 c03aa2b0 00000000 dffa0000 00000000 00000000 c012d580 00000000
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Call Trace:   [<c012349a>] __run_task_queue [kernel] 0x5a (0xdffa1f88)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: [<c012d693>] context_thread [kernel] 0x113 (0xdffa1fa0)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: [<c012d580>] context_thread [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffa1fc4)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: [<c012d580>] context_thread [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffa1fe0)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: [<c010744d>] kernel_thread_helper [kernel] 0x5 (0xdffa1ff0)
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel:
> Oct  9 03:41:33 runabout kernel: Code:  Bad EIP value.

Right after this my keyboard was dead and had to reboot with the power
switch..

Dan

On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:06, Daniel Wittenberg wrote:
> I noticed something that I can _almost_ always reproduce, not
> consistently though.  A lot of time when I remove my pc card (Cisco
> Aironet 350) that my keyboard "dies" - no caps lock, nothing.  BUT, I
> can get into setup (FN+Setup) This is an Inspiron 8200 btw.  I can open
> new terminals with the mouse, but not type on anything,  the only way I
> found to fix it is to power off, and power on again.  Anyone else seen
> this ??
> 
> Dan
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Daniel Wittenberg
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