I have the same problem running feisty x86_64 on a Mac Pro. 2.6.20-13.21 fails with a similar dmesg log.
When I boot this kernel and run gnome, I get "Failed to initialize HAL". Networking fails, and Suspend and Hibernate are unavailable from the Quit dialog. Blacklisting sbs fixes the HAL, network and Suspend/Hibernate problems, but the kernel oops is still in the dmesg log (attached). When sbs is blacklisted, running 'strace modprobe sbs' freezes at "read(4, "8448 1 asus_acpi, Live 0xfffffff"..., 1024) = 1024 \n nanosleep({0, 100000000}' None of these problems occur with 2.6.20-12.20. ** Attachment added: "dmesg output, kernel 2.6.20-13.21, sbs blacklisted" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7044399/dmesg -- Kernel 2.6.20-13 acpi bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/96480 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs