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Fatal Exception with Kernel 2.6.24-21 (after upgrading)

Asked by Marcus

When I ran update manager this morning (10-15-08) my system upgraded to the kernel 2.6.24-21. Upon reboot my athi wifi card was no longer working so I reinstalled the madwifi files & rebooted again. When the system rebooted it stoped just short of the end on the status bar & the Caps Lock key light began to flash.

FYI-I am able to boot up using an earlier kernel (2.6.24-19) so this problem appears to be related to the kernel upgrade. This problem is also described in Bug 251252 but I saw no resolution as this is a new one problem due to the recent upgrade.

I am running 8.04 on a Compaq Presario 700 notebook.

Below are the steps & outputs (where indicated):

- Ran Update Mananger
- Rebooted into the latest kernel (2.6.24-21)
- Repaired athi card access using the following steps:
  - cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007
  - make
  - sudo make install
  - sudo modprobe ath_pci
  - sudo reboot
- This is where the system locked up during the reboot process & where the Caps Lock light began to flash. The mouse pad light also goes from inactive to active. The system hangs in this mode indefinitely.

- Rebooted into 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode)
- Ran repair package option (dpkg)
- Rebooted and experienced the same problem
- Rebooted again into the 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode) to see what errors were occurring. Got the following message: kernel panic - not syncing fatal exception in intrupt

Is there a way to fix this issue or is a patch required? Thanks in advance for any help given in resolving this issue!

marcus

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Marcus (mark-westrick) said : 		#1

I haven't heard anything on this issue so I'm wondering what would happen if I removed the kernel 2.6.24-21 from the system & continue using 2.6.24-19 until this is resolved. Alternatively would re-installing kernel 2.6.24-21 then running the repair Atheros AR5007 protocol above repair this issue?

Another question-what improvements does the kernel 2.6.24-21 bring? Are they security related, have enhanced features or both?

Anyone else having this same problem?

Thanks in advance?

marcus

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Marcus (mark-westrick) said : 		#2

I haven't heard anything on this issue so I'm wondering what would happen if I removed the kernel 2.6.24-21 from the system & continue using 2.6.24-19 until this is resolved. Alternatively would re-installing kernel 2.6.24-21 then running the repair Atheros AR5007 protocol above repair this issue?

Another question-what improvements does the kernel 2.6.24-21 bring? Are they security related, have enhanced features or both?

Anyone else having this same problem?

Thanks in advance?

marcus

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jacques (er-we) said : 		#3

hi, i had the same problem on asus x51rlsersies and using temporally version old kernel 2.4.21-19. and i'm waiting for ubuntu 8.10 . jacques

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Marcus (mark-westrick) said : 		#4

At the end of the list on Bug 251252 there is a solution for this issue. However even though the wireless connection works Internet programs act as if they are still off line. While I am classifying this issue as resolved there are still bugs to deal with.

Thanks to all!

marcus