Howdy Folks Where do I go to investigate kernel messages like this below? URLs? Google will show me hundreds of similar, but nothing that really helps me understand what is going on.
Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000012 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: printing eip: Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: c014d728 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: *pde = 00000000 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Oops: 0000 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: via82cxxx_audio uart401 ac97_codec sound soundcore binfmt_misc nfsd parport_pc lp parport autofs nfs lockd sunrpc tulip ide-cd cdrom usb-uhci usbcore ext3 jbd Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: CPU: 0 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c014d728>] Not tainted Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: EIP is at dnotify_flush [kernel] 0x38 (2.4.18-18.7.x) Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: eax: 00004000 ebx: 00000002 ecx: db4ba900 edx: db4baa08 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: esi: d7cf9240 edi: d0b3b740 ebp: bffff988 esp: c77a3f8c Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Process python (pid: 2401, stackpage=c77a3000) Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Stack: d7cf9240 00000000 d0b3b740 c0138edf d7cf9240 d0b3b740 d7cf9240 00000005 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: 00000005 c0138f43 d7cf9240 d0b3b740 c77a2000 c010893b 00000005 bffff97c Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: 40047b18 00000005 00000005 bffff988 00000006 0000002b 0000002b 00000006 Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: Call Trace: [<c0138edf>] filp_close [kernel] 0x3f (0xc77a3f98)) Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: [<c0138f43>] sys_close [kernel] 0x43 (0xc77a3fb0)) Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: [<c010893b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xc77a3fc0)) Dec 20 03:07:00 dragonfly kernel: -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.woa.com.au Wombat Outdoor Adventures <Bicycles, Books, Computers, GIS> "People without trees are like fish without clean water" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug