Package: fglrx-driver Version: 8.24.8-1 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system
With fglrx-driver 8.24.8-1, when I try to start X, my laptop crashes with the following panic: [4295433.261000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 [4295433.261000] printing eip: [4295433.261000] c0417451 [4295433.261000] *pde = 00000000 [4295433.261000] Oops: 0000 [#1] [4295433.261000] Modules linked in: fglrx binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc thermal fan button ac battery autofs4 capability commoncap netconsole ipv6 af_packet ip_nat_ftp iptable_nat ip_nat ipt_LOG xt_state ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack nfnetlink ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables deflate zlib_deflate twofish serpent aes blowfish des sha256 sha1 crypto_null af_key dm_mod cpufreq_userspace speedstep_centrino freq_table processor sbp2 ide_disk ide_cd pcmcia hci_usb bluetooth tsdev ipw2200 ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt firmware_class sdhci mmc_core b44 mii sg psmouse sr_mod yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core ohci1394 ieee1394 snd_intel8x0 cdrom snd_intel8x0m snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ehci_hcd snd_pcm snd_timer snd rtc uhci_hcdpcspkr usbcore soundcore snd_page_alloc intel_agp agpgart unix ext3 jbd mbcachesd_mod generic ide_core ata_piix ahci libata scsi_mod evdev fbcon tileblit fontbitblit softcursor [4295433.261000] CPU: 0 [4295433.261000] EIP: 0060:[<c0417451>] Tainted: P VLI [4295433.261000] EFLAGS: 00210096 (2.6.16.13-knight-1 #1) [4295433.261000] EIP is at __wake_up_common+0x11/0x70 [4295433.261000] eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00000001 edx: 00000001 [4295433.261000] esi: 00200286 edi: 00000000 ebp: c062ff0c esp: c062fee8 [4295433.261000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 [4295433.261000] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=c062e000 task=c05ee300) [4295433.261000] Stack: <0>f8f484c0 00000005 00000000 00000020 00000001 00000001 00000000 00200286 [4295433.261000] c062ff88 c062ff24 c04174d2 00000000 00000000 c221fae0 00000000 00000000 [4295433.261000] f8ee2410 00000000 f8f48440 c062ff88 c043c9fd 000000a9 f8f48440 c062ff88 [4295433.261000] Call Trace: [4295433.261000] [<c04174d2>] __wake_up+0x22/0x30 [4295433.261000] [<f8ee2410>] ke_irq_handler_wrap+0x20/0x30 [fglrx] [4295433.261000] [<c043c9fd>] handle_IRQ_event+0x3d/0x70 [4295433.261000] [<c043ca93>] __do_IRQ+0x63/0xc0 [4295433.261000] [<c04eb7b6>] acpi_hw_register_read+0xa9/0x170 [4295433.261000] [<c0405659>] do_IRQ+0x19/0x30 [4295433.261000] [<c04038a6>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [4295433.261000] [<f8c661f4>] acpi_processor_idle+0x154/0x318 [processor] [4295433.261000] [<c0401c91>] cpu_idle+0x41/0x60 [4295433.261000] [<c06304e5>] start_kernel+0x275/0x320 [4295433.261000] [<c0630590>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x280 [4295433.261000] Code: c0 5b 11 0d d4 b2 66 c0 5d c3 01 1d c8 b2 66 c0 5b 11 0d cc b2 66 c0 5d c3 90 55 89 e5 57 89 c7 56 53 83 ec 18 89 55 f0 89 4d ec <8b> 10 39 c2 8b 1a 75 09 eb 4d 90 8d 74 26 00 89 c3 8b 72 f4 8d [4295433.261000] <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt If I copy the old drivers (from 8.21.7) to /usr/lib/xorg/drivers/<whatever>, it works just fine - just no acceleration, since the kernel driver and X driver don't match. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.13-knight-1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-2 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii xserver-xorg 1:7.0.15 the X.Org X server Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends: ii 8.24.8-1+2.6.16.13-knight-1-10.00.Cust ATI binary kernel module for Linux -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]