** Summary changed: - Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD exits with modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop + Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop
** Description changed: When trying to run CD, it opens up, allows me to choose language and then when I say use CD, it tries to boot and the crash with the following data: udevd-event [1557] : run program: '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit I tried to boot with noapic and then got same error but with [1503] code. - Notebook is new Toshiba ( A305-S6837) with Intel Core Duo processor, 4 - GB ram, 320 Gb HD, chicony usb 2 webcam, realtek HD audion, Intel 965 + Notebook is new Toshiba (A305-S6837) with Intel Core Duo processor, 4 GB + ram, 320 Gb HD, chicony usb 2 webcam, realtek HD audion, Intel 965 express graphics, Intel 4965AGN wireless, Realtek RTL 8102E ethernet, pioneer DVD drive, synaptics pointing, Also tried Kubuntu 8.04 with same result. + + It has now been confirmed that it is due to a bug in r8169.c in Linux + kernel 2.6.24: a NULL pointer deference and subsequence memory + corruption, unable to continue booting, when the driver encounters an + unknown MAC version. For example, r8169.c in 2.6.24 recognizes RTL8101E + but not RTL8102E. + + An initial fix which prevents r8169 from crashing is at + http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/17/298 and has been packaged by Tim Gardner + (Ubuntu Kernel Team) et al. for testing. Missing entries for RTL8102 + series need to be added though. ** Tags added: 2.6.24 crash kernel linux r8169 rtl8102e -- Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225749 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
