On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Jurij Smakov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:10:04AM -0500, Yan Morissette wrote: >> Every single time I try to install Debian with the sparc netboot image >> (Of course, I'm using latest), after one to a few dialogs (usually >> right after selecting country, sometimes after locale and sometimes >> after DHCP config) the V120 crashes with the following being sent out >> the LOM port: >> >> [ 254.915075] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference >> [ 254.915075] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference >> [ 255.109349] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0000000000000ad8 >> [ 255.109349] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0000000000000ad8 >> [ 255.302290] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d838000 >> [ 255.302290] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d838000 >> [ 255.486760] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! >> [ 255.486760] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! >> [ 255.707837] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom >> [ 255.707837] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom >> >> I tried searching the mailing lists and google, the only thing I've >> found points to this being about usb-storage, but I have no idea how >> to disable this or fix this problem. > > It's a bit strange that the messages do not include any information on > the address where NULL pointer dereference takes place, without it > it's pretty hard to tell what happens. If you are able to return to > the PROM 'ok' prompt after these messages, you can try to get a stack > trace using 'ctrace' and register dump using '.registers' commands. If > they are reproducible from one crash to another, then we should be > able to track down the location of the crash using it.
Any ideas how to get to that prompt? How would you do that on a pc at keyboard? -- Emacs vs. Vi flamewars are a pointless waste of time. Nano is the best -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
