Hang related to Internet connection

Wed Jul 7 15:09:13 UTC 2004

Greetings:

I'm running under Gnome.

I started ppp with modprobe ppp_async, logged on to the Internet, then
set up the consoles to tail -f, then tried loading Evoltion. It hung, so
I left my desk for 15 minutes and came back and it was loaded.

Here are the three logs requested.

[root at localhost root]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc3c
9dfc4))
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc3c
9dfe8))
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel: [<c010742d>] kernel_thread_helper
[kernel] 0x5
(0xc3c9dff0))
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel:
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel:
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost kernel: Code: ff 00 ba 00 e0 ff ff 21 e2 8b b2
48 06 0
0 00 89 82 48 06 00
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost pppd[3513]: local  IP address 63.191.200.146
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost pppd[3513]: remote IP address 63.191.222.9
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost pppd[3513]: primary   DNS address
207.69.188.187
Jul  7 08:21:40 localhost pppd[3513]: secondary DNS address
207.69.188.186
Jul  7 08:24:05 localhost su(pam_unix)[3557]: session opened for user
root by ellsworth(uid=500)
Jul  7 08:24:57 localhost su(pam_unix)[3641]: session opened for user
root by ellsworth(uid=500)
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL
pointer dereference at virtual address 00000005
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:  printing eip:
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: c012b815
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: Oops: 0002
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: ppp_async ppp_generic slhc radeon
agpgart agrserial agrmodem parport_pc lp parport autofs ds yenta_socket
pcmcia_core sg sr_mod microcode ide-scsi scsi_mod id
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: CPU:    0
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: EIP:    0060:[<c012b815>]    Tainted:
PF
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: EIP is at use_init_fs_context [kernel]
0x15 (2.4.20-31.9)
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: eax: 00000005   ebx: c012b430   ecx:
c24e0110
edx: c24e0050
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: esi: c24e0000   edi: 00000000   ebp:
00000000
esp: c24e1f7c
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: ds: 0068   es: 0068   ss: 0068
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: Process esd (pid: 3729,
stackpage=c24e1000)
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: Stack: c24e0000 c012b430 c24e0000
c030d2c0 c012b430 c24e0000 00000000 00000000
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:        c012b305 00000001 00000001
0811ed14 c012b430 c2497f14 c012b487 c030ff40
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:        c24e1fc8 c0310040 c012b430
c030ff40 c0260ae2 c0260ae5 c026c115 c2497f14
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: Call Trace:   [<c012b430>]
exec_modprobe [kernel] 0x0 (0xc24e1f80))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc24e1f8c))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b305>] exec_usermodehelper
[kernel] 0x25 (0xc24e1f9c))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc24e1fac))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b487>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x57 (0xc24e1fb4))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc24e1fc4))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c012b430>] exec_modprobe [kernel]
0x0 (0xc24e1fe8))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: [<c010742d>] kernel_thread_helper
[kernel] 0x5 (0xc24e1ff0))
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:
Jul  7 08:30:59 localhost kernel:
Jul  7 08:30:59 localhost kernel: Code: ff 00 ba 00 e0 ff ff 21 e2 8b b2
48 06 00
00 89 82 48 06 00

[root at localhost root]# tail -f /var/log/secure
Jul  6 17:25:12 localhost sshd[3093]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Jul  6 19:20:44 localhost sshd[3094]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port
22.
Jul  6 19:37:18 localhost sshd[3094]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Jul  6 19:38:27 localhost sshd[3094]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port
22.
Jul  6 22:24:23 localhost sshd[3094]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Jul  7 07:10:06 localhost sshd[3093]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port
22.
Jul  7 07:50:46 localhost sshd[3093]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Jul  7 07:52:13 localhost sshd[3093]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port
22.
Jul  7 08:16:54 localhost sshd[3093]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Jul  7 08:18:01 localhost sshd[3093]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port
22.

[root at localhost root]# tail -f /var/log/XFree86.0.log
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) DevInputMice: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) DevInputMice: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DevInputMice" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) DevInputMice: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 65000
GetModeLine - hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1040 hend: 1176 httl: 1344
              vdsp: 768 vbeg: 770 vend: 776 vttl: 806 flags: -2147483648

The only thing that looks suspicious seems to be the following:

Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL
pointer dereference at virtual address 00000005
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel:  printing eip:
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: c012b815
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jul  7 08:30:58 localhost kernel: Oops: 0002

This happens when I try to get online; I don't have to try to load
Evolution to cause this. Am I correct in assuming that the "tainted"
message that also appears in /var/log/messages has to do with the Agere
winmodem driver which has proprietary code?

Should I try KDE? I switched to it very briefly recently, got a message
about not being able to configure my sound card, and went back to Gnome.

Elmer