ah, i actually paid attention to my boot messages and there was this big chunk: Oct 26 21:08:30 mycroft kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 059c0000, %%cr3 = 059c0000 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: *pde = 00000000 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Oops: 0000 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: CPU: 0 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: EIP: 0010:[<00000000>] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: c586f740 ecx: c537dfc0 edx: c586f740 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: esi: c5872ff4 edi: 00000000 ebp: 00000000 esp: c58e5cd8 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Process rpc.lockd (pid: 459, process nr: 9, stackpage=c58e5000) Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Stack: c022fe40 c0228748 c6038d0e c5872ff4 c58e5df8 00000010 c603cb07 c537d120 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: c54d7ea0 c6040144 c015041d c5872ff4 00000000 c537d120 c603d2a1 c5fae000 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: c52cd018 c58e5f10 c0236000 c54d7ea0 c58e5d7c c58e5df8 c603ac64 c5872ff4 Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Call Trace: [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+106158/15286918] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+122023/15271053] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+135908/15257168] [sock_release+37/96] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+123969/15269107] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+114180/15278896] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+122815/15270261] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+103430/15289646] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+103347/15289729] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+155048/15238028] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+151572/15241504] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+118629/15274447] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+151572/15241504] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+123906/15269170] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+103826/15289250] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+103874/15289202] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+155048/15238028] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+115680/15277396] [do_fork+1791/2404] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+135590/15257486] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195660/15197416] [sys_wait4+625/764] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+126015/15267061] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195660/15197416] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195660/15197416] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195552/15197524] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+127508/15265568] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+127412/15265664] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195552/15197524] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+170927/15222149] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+195660/15197416] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: [do_page_fault+267/996] [soundcore:__insmod_soundcore_S.bss_L68+171404/15221672] [sys_nfsservctl+80/100] [error_code+45/64] [system_call+52/64] Oct 26 21:08:36 mycroft kernel: Code: Bad EIP value. i guess i compiled something badly but i'm not sure what, there are references to insmod_soundcore whatever that is but my sblive seems to work ok if that's relevant, does this mean anything to anyone? bascule bascule wrote: > > well, i took the plunge and compiled a new kernel, 2.2.16-9mdk, > nad although things seem to work okay i have this message on shutdown > that i don't understand > > "rpc.mountd forgot to set AF_INET - fix it!" > > in the man page for rpc.mountd there is no mention of AF_INET so i don't > know what sort of error this is, i have removed all exported volumes and > all other nfs mounts and i still get this error, could someome please > enlighten me? > > bascule
