I can now confirm that running '/etc/init.d/pcmciautils start' as root after bootup hangs the kernel.
That script sources /etc/default/pcmciautils which lists what hardware it thinks I have: ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/default/pcmciautils # Defaults for PCMCIA (sourced by /etc/init.d/pcmcia) PCMCIA=yes PCIC=i82365 PCIC_OPTS= CORE_OPTS= CARDMGR_OPTS= # If REFRAIN_FROM_IFUP is set to yes, cardmgr will not bring up # network interfaces. They should be brought up by hotplug instead. REFRAIN_FROM_IFUP=yes ----- Presumably removing the S13pcmciautils link is overkill, just setting PCMCIA to 'no' would be enough to stop that module from loading. I wonder why it is set to this in the first place, I surely don't have any PCMCIA hardware .. All that having been said though, I think it has been shown abundantly now that loading the i82365 module causes the lockup. -- [feisty] [linux-image-2.6.19-6] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! https://launchpad.net/bugs/72895 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
