linux-kernel - Re: almost daily Kernel oops with 2.6.23.9

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Message-ID: <476A7E7E.7030704@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:08:54 +1030
From:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
To:	"Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@...clausthal.de>
CC:	Scott <linux-kernel@...ecamel.eml.cc>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: almost daily Kernel oops with 2.6.23.9 - and now 2.6.23.11 as
 well


>>> On Montag, 17. Dezember 2007, you wrote:
>>>
>>> and another one, this time tainted with the nvidia module:
>>> 5194.130985] Unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000030000000000
>>> RIP:

Numbers like that don't suggest hardware faults.  All those zeros: It's 
far too round.  Sounds very like software.  In fact, it sounds like the 
start of significant hardware region.   And lo! there's a closed-source, 
possibly buggy nvidia module.  Try another; older or newer are equally good.
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