The Firefox part might be a coincidence, of course. In an rxvt, I see:
Oops: 0000 [1] SMP Then a few seconds later I get: CR2: 0000000000005a In syslog, I find this: Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000005a RIP: Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffc200013a4454>] Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: PGD 68882067 PUD 6888a067 PMD 0 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Oops: 0000 [1] SMP Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: CPU 0 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Modules linked in: ndiswrapper ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables x_tables vmnet(P) vmblock vmmon(P) b infmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ipv6 ppdev parport_pc lp parport powernow_k8 cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_conservative nt fs nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_mod vboxdrv firewire_sbp2 loop joydev snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd psmouse soundcore p cspkr serio_raw snd_page_alloc k8temp i2c_nforce2 i2c_core video output battery button ac evdev ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod ide_cd cdrom generic sata_nv amd74xx ide_core sdhci firewire _ohci ata_generic ricoh_mmc firewire_core crc_itu_t mmc_core ehci_hcd libata scsi_mod forcedeth ohci_hcd thermal processor fan Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Pid: 3628, comm: ntos_wq Tainted: P 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffc200013a4454>] [<ffffc200013a4454>] Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff8100644ebc88 EFLAGS: 00010246 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc2000035c000 RCX: ffffc2000035c000 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RDX: 000000000000000a RSI: ffff810026d32000 RDI: 0000000000000002 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RBP: 0000000000000006 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000006 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: R10: ffff8100151896d8 R11: ffffffff8039da04 R12: 0000000000000000 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000017 R15: 0000000000000001 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: FS: 00002b4cc58f3b20(0000) GS:ffffffff80514000(0000) knlGS:00000000f22cab90 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: CR2: 000000000000005a CR3: 000000006f57e000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Process ntos_wq (pid: 3628, threadinfo ffff8100644ea000, task ffff8100794c5000) Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Stack: ffffffff8023e0ea 0000000000000009 ffff81006f5ff248 ffffffff8873bba5 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: ffffc2000035e3a0 0000000000000286 ffffffff8023e280 ffffc2000035e3a0 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: 0000000000000286 ffffc200003497e0 ffffffff8873bba5 ffffc2000035e3a0 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Call Trace: Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8023e0ea>] lock_timer_base+0x26/0x4c Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bba5>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0x0/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8023e280>] __mod_timer+0xc3/0xd1 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bba5>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0x0/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873b9b1>] :ndiswrapper:wrap_set_timer+0x2d/0x37 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff88748ac7>] :ndiswrapper:win2lin2+0xe/0x11 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bba5>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0x0/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff88748adb>] :ndiswrapper:win2lin3+0x11/0x14 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8022d336>] dequeue_entity+0x12/0x3c Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bba5>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0x0/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff88748ab6>] :ndiswrapper:win2lin1+0xb/0xe Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff80413f4b>] thread_return+0x3d/0xab Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bc78>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0xd3/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873db98>] :ndiswrapper:ntos_work_worker+0x0/0x67 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8873bc5f>] :ndiswrapper:kdpc_worker+0xba/0x132 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8024470d>] run_workqueue+0x7f/0x10b Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8024501f>] worker_thread+0x0/0xe4 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff802450f9>] worker_thread+0xda/0xe4 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff80248022>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff80247f03>] kthread+0x47/0x74 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8020cc48>] child_rip+0xa/0x12 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff80247ebc>] kthread+0x0/0x74 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: [<ffffffff8020cc3e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: Code: 66 45 8b 54 24 5a 41 0f b7 ca 66 83 e1 10 74 0e 8b 83 2c 11 Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RIP [<ffffc200013a4454>] Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: RSP <ffff8100644ebc88> Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: CR2: 000000000000005a Aug 10 11:22:47 NitpickingHP2 kernel: ---[ end trace 3f2c79fa6fe087ed ]--- After this event, the mouse will still move in X, but the keyboard is ignored (including Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and Ctrl-Alt-F1). Program menus (e.g. Firefox) still work, but GNOME's own menus don't. I have to power off to shut down. System is an HP DV6100 series using a Turion 64. Kernel version is linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64. Modules are listed in the log above. Any suggestions? Maybe just upgrade to 2.6.25? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
