Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

Nagarjuna · 2014-09-08 09:22:24

Since a few months I have been experiencing repeated kernel panics at seemingly random times (the system boots up fine).

Below is an example of the panic screen that shows up, it seems related to the network driver ipw2200.
What I have done so far:

- I have set my router not to use N mode (only B and G) since the adapter does not support N, this did not resolve the situation.
- I have run memtest86+ with no error messages.
- I have reinstalled the kernel, to no avail
- I have reinstalled grub, although I don't think that could be the problem, since bootup is fine.

Here is one of the panic screens that appears:

(II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Error: Key <MDSW> added to map for multiple modifiers
> Using Mod3, ignoring Mod5.
>Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL"HAS 1 LEVELS, BUT <ralt> HAS 2 SYMBOLS
> iGNORING extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Fontconfig error: "local.conf", line 98 no element found
Starting Disk Manager...
Starting Authorization Manager
[ OK ] Started Authorization Manager.
[ OK ] Started Disk Manaer.
Fontconfig error: "local.conf, line 98 no element found
lients for VT switch
[8699.171214] Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: f07f5a19@quinasus:~'(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX c
[8699.171214]
[8699.174450] CPU: 0 PID: 5671 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1
[8699.174450] Hardware name: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M6Ne /M6Ne, BIOS 0205 09/06/2004
[8699.174450] Workerqueue; events ipw_bg_associate [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] 00000000 968502c2 00000000 eede1ce4 c14616d5 eb57d154 eede1cfc c1460fdf
[8699.174450] 96b2319e eb57d154 96b2319e 00000000 eede1d0c c104f15e c1530ce4 f07f5a19
[8699.174450] eede1e20 f07f5a19 000007e9 ef933a00 00933a00 00000000 ef933a48 e0e37cbc
[8699.174450] Call Trace:
[8699.174450] [<c14616d5>] dump_stack+0x48/0x69
[8699.174450] [<c1460fdf>] panic+0x81/0x199
[8699.174450] [<c104f15e>] __stack_chk_fail+0x1e/0x20
[8699.174450] [<f07f5a19>] ? ipw_best_network+0x8a9/0x910 [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] [<f07f5a19>] ipw_best_network+0x8a9/0x910 [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] [<c1081c2f>] ? update_cfs_rq_blocked_load+0x17f/0x1b0
[8699.174450] [<c1003733>] ? do_alignment_check+0x13/0x30
[8699.174450] [<f07fe0b7>] ipw_associate+0x236/0x7a0 [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] [<c108a30c>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x4ec/0x510
[8699.174450] [<c1001588>] ? __switch_to+0x118/0x4c0
[8699.174450] [<c1078151>] ? finish_task_switch+0x41/0xd0
[8699.174450] [<c1462bfd>] ? __schedule+0x34d/0x830
[8699.174450] [<f07f63e4>] ? ipw_rx_queue_replenish+0x124/0x150 [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] [<f07ff694>] ? ipw_bg_associate+0x24/0x30 [ipw2200]
[8699.174450] [<c106807c>] ? process_one_work+0x10c/0x3b0
[8699.174450] [<c10685d1>] ? worker_thread+0x41/0x4c0
[8699.174450] [<c1068590>] ? init_pwq.part.25+0x10/0x10
[8699.174450] [<c106dbe3>] ? kthread+0xb3/0xd0
[8699.174450] [<c1466601>] ? ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30
[8699.174450] [<c106db30>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x130/0x130
[8699.174450] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xc1000000 (relocation range: 0xc0000000-0xf073ffff)
[8699.174450] drm_kms_helper: panic occurred, switching back to text console

Any ideas how to resolve or further troubleshoot this?

graysky · 2014-09-08 09:53:01

Is that driver included with the kernel package? If so, how about running mainline from the AUR as a test.

Nagarjuna · 2014-09-08 18:57:37

graysky wrote:

Is that driver included with the kernel package? If so, how about running mainline from the AUR as a test.

I am using the standard linux kernel from the official repositories. The ipw2200 driver is included, but requires the ipw2200-fw firmware.
While creating the package for the mainline kernel, the ipw2200 driver also shows up, doesn't that mean that it is also included in that kernel?
Would it still be useful to test this kernel in that case? I'll try it anyway, I am making the package after booting from a 2011 archlinux CD,
after which I have not yet had a kernel panic occur.

Additional note: turning the wireless network adapter off completely still gives the same kernel panic at seemingly random intervals (from minutes to hours after boot)

Also the computer seems to heat up sometimes, the following message appears: temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled.
The kernel panic also appeared a few times while I was monitoring the temperature, which was at normal levels at those times.

Any more ideas?

graysky · 2014-09-08 19:02:11

A CD from 2011? Is your main system up-to-date? Was is the output of there:

uname -r

Nagarjuna · 2014-09-08 19:57:53

the old CD I have booted from is the following kernel

2.6.33-ARCH

this one does not produce the kernel panic and allows me to do makepkg to create the kernel mainline package

the kernel that I have running is 3.16.1-1-ARCH, which does create the problem (as in the example panic screen)

Is it advisable to use an earlier kernel like 3.14.5-1 or 3.14.4-1, which are the two versions that I still have the packages to?

graysky · 2014-09-08 20:39:51

Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you caught the panic and random times and could boot ok. If the 3.16 series causes problems, try the lts kernel (3.14.x). If that stiff causes problems, build mainline from the AUR which is currently the 3.17 series. I would recommend that you open a bugreport upstream via bugzilla if no one else in here or your own googling identifies the smoking gun.

Nagarjuna · 2014-09-12 20:20:24

thank you graysky for your advice,

I have tried both the lts kernel and mainline kernel from AUR, but the problem of random kernel panics persists.

I have also noted that the kernel-api-headers is at version 3.14.1-1, and is flagged out of date (3.16.2-1 in testing)
Could it cause problems if kernel-api-headers is at a different version than the kernel you are running?

I'll try filing a bugreport.

If anyone has any other ideas why this might be happening, I'd be delighted to hear...
bummer that I'm not able to use that laptop anymore

Nagarjuna · 2014-09-12 20:44:11

There is a bugreport with a similar issue, where kernel panics occur when the network is repeatedly disconnected

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75381

I've noticed that my network also disconnects quite often, solving that problem might also prevent the kernel panics?

Alcasa · 2014-11-09 07:58:31

I have a similar problem related to the ipw2200, which occurs sometimes during boot. Although the panic never occurs when the system is correctly started. I am using 3.17.2 on a Thinkpad W520.

Arch Linux

#1 2014-09-08 09:22:24

Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#2 2014-09-08 09:53:01

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#3 2014-09-08 18:57:37

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#4 2014-09-08 19:02:11

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#5 2014-09-08 19:57:53

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#6 2014-09-08 20:39:51

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#7 2014-09-12 20:20:24

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#8 2014-09-12 20:44:11

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

#9 2014-11-09 07:58:31

Re: Repeated kernel panic (seems related to ipw2200)

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