On Sunday 12 June 2011 15:30:12 john wrote: > Gents > > Whenever I insert external USB device my machine locks and I have to do > a hard reset (sys req does not even work). I have tried this in a > graphical environment and without. Machine boots up fine with USB > keyboard and mouse but will not boot up with usb storage (memory stick > - tried several) > > I have recently upgrade kernel to 2.6.38-r6 when this error started > (approx). Hav also tried 2.6.38-r7 (which according to bugzilla > should fix an issue similar to this) the error still happens. > > Any suggestions on kernel config options, debugging would be > appreciated. And how to trap full error message. > > Error message alongs these lines > > Kernel panic not syncing - fatal exception in iterrupt > ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted
have the same problem with 2.6.39 and 2.6.39.1 Whenever I disconnect my telephone from usb I have a 1 in 5 chance of a nice panic. Since your is an always panic maybe you should recreate it with vanilla sources and report it on lkml. -- #163933