Bug#501118: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: Thinkpad i1300/1310: kernel panic on boot

[Clayton <ckoeni@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:51:54 +0100
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 21:20 +0800, Clayton wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:48:51 +0100
> > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 21:53 +0800, Clayton wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Still locking up as of linux-image-2.6.30-1-686. Here is the
> > > > last screen I get at lock-up:
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately much of the important information appears to have
> > > scrolled off the screen.  Could you try adding "vga=6" to the
> > > kernel command line to select a screen mode which shows more
> > > lines of text? (If that doesn't work, add "vga=ask" instead and
> > > then select a mode from the list.)
> > 
> > Wow, that was hard on the eyes. Hope this one gives you what you
> > need:
> > 
> > ***** above this 14 lines that are exact duplicate of last 14 lines
> > **** Code: ec 04 31 db 89 0c 24 89 d8 89 d1 f2 ae 4f 8b 0c 24 49 78
> > 06 ae aa 84 e0 75 f7 31 e0 aa 5b 89 e8 5b 5e 5f 5d e3 57 89 d7 56
> > 89 e6 <ae> ae 75 08 84 c0 75 f8 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 5e 5f c3 57
> > 89
> 
> Either you made an error in transcribing "c6 <ac>" as "e6 <ae>", or
> that code has been corrupted on disk or in memory.

No transcription error, I just tried again and still get "e6 <ae>"....

> Was this a fresh installation of Debian 5.0 "lenny" or an upgrade from
> an earlier version?

Definitely not a fresh install, its an upgrade that goes back some
years, currently running up-to-date "testing".

> Is there any other operating system installed on this machine that
> works properly?  If not, please check the RAM with memtest86+ which
> you can get from <http://www.memtest.org/>.

Even better, it boots and runs fine with currently installed kernel
2.6.22, and I believe older kernels. However, in the name of
thoroughness, I have also run memtest as you suggested, and it passed.

Clayton