Help with panic?

[James Wilkinson]

john bray wrote:
> i haven't dealt with a linux-type panic before, so i'm hoping someone
> with much more experience than i can help me figure out what can be
> gotten from this.

Hi John.

The short answer is "not much, here".

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> Mar 15 13:01:31 junior kernel: Modules linked in: parport_pc lp parport
<snip>
> nvidia(U)
  ^^^^^^
<snip>
> Mar 15 13:01:31 junior kernel: EIP:    0060:[<609fc5f6>]    Tainted: PF

Tainted: "P"
You've loaded an nvidia module. That will do unknown things to the
kernel.

Tainted: "F" implies that you've force-loaded a module, too.

Do you know how or why a module was force-loaded? Does it happen on a
fresh reboot? How did you install the nvidia modula: from where did you
get it?

Force-loading a module is probably not a good idea in general: it may
leave an unstable system.

But the only people who can debug the panic are nvidia: they're the only
people with all the source code.

James.

(I don't *think* my sig-monster is sentient...)

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