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Seems that Aaron's problem is more substantial than just cardmgr. I also started to get kernel Oops of the kind (pcmcia unrelated): Unable to handle paging request Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in Mandrake Linux Release 8.2 (Bluebird) kernel 2.4.18-6mdk It looks like the virtual memory management system is buggy (just a guess). Question: is it Mandrake's or www.kernel.org problem and who could be interested in getting/fixing such bug reports? Aaron Peromsik writes: > > Hi, > > Last weekend I installed the 8.2 download edition. In general I am > impressed. However, I can't install on my wife's machine until the > following shutdown issue is addressed: I get a kernel panic when > cardmgr tries to shut down. > > My machine is a Sony Vaio F-340, and the card in question is a BusLink > wireless network card (uses the ray_cs driver). The desktop machine > which I haven't tried yet has a similar card, WebGear Aviator > PRO. Both cards and both machines work fine with Mandrake 8.1, except > that (for both 8.1 and 8.2) I had to manually change the essid in > /etc/pcmcia/config.opts despite setting it during installation. > > My kernel panic looks like this: > > --------- > [root@grover root]# service pcmcia stop > Shutting down PCMCIA services: cardmgrUnable to handle kernel paging request at >virtual address ccc6a0001 > *pde = 0b0d4067 > *pte = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<ccc66fd5>] Not tainted > EFLAGS: 00010246 > eax: 00000000 ebx: caad3440 ecx: cb6bda00 edx: ccc6a000 > esi: cb0fa800 edi: 00000003 ebp: cb7b1c04 esp: cb6b1bb4 > ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > Process cardmgr (pid: 819, stackpage=cb7b1000) > Stack: caad3440 00000001 00000003 c010836a 00000003 cb6bda00 cb7b1c04 cb7b1c04 > 00000003 c02bb960 caad3440 c01084ed 00000003 cb7b1c04 caad3440 ccc5e000 > 00000580 cabdf00c ccc5a0c8 c022af98 ccc5e000 00000200 000005d0 00000580 > Call Trace: [<c010836a>] [<c01084ed>] [<ccc5a0c8>] [<ccc5a0c8>] [<ccc50018>] > [<ccc5892c>] [<ccc5821d>] [<ccc5a0c8>] [<ccc500a3>] [<ccc51c29>] [<ccc65c3a>] > [<ccc68d20>] [<ccc65308>] [<ccc60875>] [<ccc611aa>] [<ccbb8481>] [<ccbabd19>] > [<ccbada5f>] [<c01c4f67>] [<c0176b4a>] [<c0125334>] [<c01258ca>] [<c0114de8>] > [<c0125d0d>] [<c01260b4>] [<c0141617>] [<c0106f23>] > > Code: 8a 42 01 84 c0 79 0c 89 74 24 10 5b 5e 5f e9 e8 0b 00 00 3c > <0>Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! > In interrupt handler - not syncing > --------- > > I get the same thing when doing just "cardctl eject." But if I take > the card out manually, the drivers clean themselves up just fine. > > If there's anything I can do to help track this down please let me > know. I'd like to see this addressed in updates or at least have a way > to hack the scripts to work around it so that my wife can start > using some of the new features of 8.2 on her machine. > > Thanks for an otherwise great distro, > > Aaron Peromsik > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > please CC me directly on any replies > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Sergei
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