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Thamm, Russell

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Apr 27, 2009, 10:00:10 PM4/27/09
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Hi,

I've just installed lenny under VirtualBox as I wanted to try a different Linux distribution.

When I logon to a Gnome session, I often get a popup saying:

"Your system has had a kernel failure"

It most often happens the first time I logon using gnome after a boot.
I don't get this if I select a KDE session.

How do I track this down?

Cheers
Russell Thamm


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Apr 27, 2009, 11:00:16 PM4/27/09
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Thamm, Russell
<russel...@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed lenny under VirtualBox as I wanted to try a different
> Linux distribution.
>
> When I logon to a Gnome session, I often get a popup saying:
>
> "Your system has had a kernel failure"
>
> It most often happens the first time I logon using gnome after a boot.
I got the same issue, I'm wondering if I should login as root directly.

> I don't get this if I select a KDE session.
>
> How do I track this down?
>
> Cheers
> Russell Thamm
>
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> Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES
> ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to
> contact the sender and delete the email.
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Daryl Styrk

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Apr 28, 2009, 8:40:07 AM4/28/09
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:50:25AM +0800, 明覺 wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Thamm, Russell
> <russel...@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just installed lenny under VirtualBox as I wanted to try a different
> > Linux distribution.
> >
> > When I logon to a Gnome session, I often get a popup saying:
> >
> > "Your system has had a kernel failure"
> >
> > It most often happens the first time I logon using gnome after a boot.
> I got the same issue, I'm wondering if I should login as root directly.
>

I have had the same problem with a Squeeze install. I upgraded to sid
which brought in a newer kernel fixing that error.

Gilles Mocellin

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Apr 28, 2009, 1:50:10 PM4/28/09
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Le Tuesday 28 April 2009 03:55:47 Thamm, Russell, vous avez écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed lenny under VirtualBox as I wanted to try a
> different Linux distribution.
>
> When I logon to a Gnome session, I often get a popup saying:
>
> "Your system has had a kernel failure"
>
> It most often happens the first time I logon using gnome after a boot.
> I don't get this if I select a KDE session.

It is the package kerneloops.

$ aptitude show kerneloops
Package: kerneloops
[...]
Description: kernel oops tracker
kerneloops is a daemon that collects kernel crash information and then
submits the extracted signature to the kerneloops.org
website for statistical analysis and presentation to the Linux kernel
developers.

> How do I track this down?

Look at /var/log/kernel.log
You should find some logs and a kernel Ooops ! (an error in the kernel or a
module).
I think it will not be very informative.

I also have this at every boot on my Thinkpad T41 running SID.
I think it's related to the wifi chipset having problem with the firmware
ipw2100. It is reloaded very often.

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Mark Allums

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Apr 28, 2009, 4:20:14 PM4/28/09
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明覺 wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Thamm, Russell
> <russel...@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just installed lenny under VirtualBox as I wanted to try a different
>> Linux distribution.
>>
>> When I logon to a Gnome session, I often get a popup saying:
>>
>> "Your system has had a kernel failure"
>>
>> It most often happens the first time I logon using gnome after a boot.
> I got the same issue, I'm wondering if I should login as root directly.
>
>> I don't get this if I select a KDE session.
>>
>> How do I track this down?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Russell Thamm
>>
>> IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence
>> Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES
>> ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to
>> contact the sender and delete the email.
>>
>>
>
>
>

It's a kernel oops. Those usually clear up as the kernel you are using
matures. File a bug. Also, check the settings of the vm again. If
you have hardware virtualization support (CPU), use it. Or if you are
using it, turn it off.

Mark Allums

Thamm, Russell

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Apr 29, 2009, 2:10:11 AM4/29/09
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Hi Gilles,

Thanks for the info.

However, I can find no mention of oops in kern.log, messages, dmesg etc.

I can find nothing obviously wrong with the system.


Cheers
Russell
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