Random Kernel Panic. Kernel BUG?

tom5760 · 2007-02-14 17:01:12

Hello everyone, every one in a while (maybe 1 of 5) I get a kernel panic on booting. What happens is that a whole ton of messages will spew by for about 15-20 seconds (which I cant' make out what they say) and then it finally stops at this:

NOTE: I didn't write everything down, where I did that I will put a note.

kernel BUG at arch/i386/mm/highmem.c:42:
invalid opcode:0000 [#159]
preempts smp
modules linked in: forcedeth usbcore ext3 ubd mbcache sd_mod sr_mod cdrom sata_nv ata_generic pata_amd libata
cpu 0
EIP: 0060:[<collelc7>] Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010206 (2.6.19-ARCH #1)
EIP is at keymap_atomic+0x77/0x90
eax:  <EDIT: cut off the rest of this line>
esi:  <EDIT: cut off the rest of this line>
ds:   <EDIT: cut off the rest of this line>
process init (pid 1, ti=dff90000, task=c18dcab0, taskti=df40000)
stack:  <EDIT: cut off the rest of this line>
call trace:   <EDIT: there was some stuff after each of these functions, but I didn't write it down.>
    filereadactor
    activate_page
    do_generic_mapping_read
    generic_file_aio_read
    file_read_actor
    do_sync_read
    autoremove_wake_function
    fcntl_setlk
    vfs_read
    do_sync_read
    sys_read
    sysenter_past_esp
code:   <EDIT: cut off the rest of this line>
EIP: kmap_atomic
<0>Kernel Panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init

After I reboot it usually boots fine.

My Specs:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (running i686 arch)
1 80GB SATA disk
1GB RAM

Does anyone have any ideas for me?
Thanks a lot!

btartsa · 2007-02-14 17:15:13

scroll lock will pause on boot so you can have a look. good luck.

tom5760 · 2007-02-14 17:18:32

Ill try that next time it happens. I will check if there is anything else useful in the output.

phrakture · 2007-02-14 17:54:32

The "call trace: <EDIT: there was some stuff after each of these functions, but I didn't write it down.>" is probably the important part.

tom5760 · 2007-02-14 17:59:49

Crap, hehe. I remember there were some hex values after each of the functions, but I'll write that down next time it happens.

Thanks

Last edited by tom5760 (2007-02-14 17:59:57)

iphitus · 2007-02-14 21:36:30

is it always the same or does it vary?
do you have wireless, if yes, which chipset/driver?

tom5760 · 2007-02-14 22:00:31

I'm not sure if its different, this was the first time I bothered to write it down, hehe.

No, I do not have wireless. This is a Desktop PC.

I have a Gigabyte K8 Trition motherboard with nForce3 chipset if thats any help.

When it does boot (which is most of the time) it runs perfectly, unless I load the powernow drivers, and things segfault, but I'll leave that for another thread, another time.

sandstorm · 2007-02-17 17:53:08

Can you please post your grub's menu.lst?

Many thanks
Martin

tom5760 · 2007-02-17 19:34:42

My menu.lst

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
splashimage /boot/grub/arch.xpm.gz
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro vga=773
initrd /kernel26.img

title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img

title Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Arch Linux

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Random Kernel Panic. Kernel BUG?

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