Output of OOPS: <- snip -> ifup eth0 Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. All rights reserved. Please contribute if you find this software useful. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 Listening on LPF/eth0/00:50:eb:37:2f:26 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:50:eb:37:2f:26 Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex DHCPACK from 10.1.1.1 bound to 10.1.1.3 -- renewal in 147600 seconds. Starting NTP server: ntpd. skb_over_panic: text:e1894a5e len:1084 put:132 head:d699a000 data:d699a024 tail:d699a460 end:d699a400 dev: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:93 invalid opcode:0000 [#1] PREEMPT Modules linked in: xt_multiport dazuko fan button ac battery autofs4 nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_irc xt_tcpudp ipt_ULOG xt_limit xt_state iptable_filter nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables x_tables cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative commoncap pcmcia irtty_sir ehci_hcd ohci_hcd sir_dev usbcore ohci1394 ieee1394 sis900 yenta_socket rorc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_intel8q0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus joydev CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010296 (2.6.21.1 #4) EUP is at skb_over_panic+0x59/0x5d eax: 00000074 ebx: d699a000 ecx: c0468f80 edx: c0468f80 esi: 00000000 edi: 98800088 ebp: 00000000 esp: c0497edc ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0000 ss: 0068 Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c0496000 task=c0464420 task.ti=c0496000) Stack: c043d180 e1894a5e 0000043c 00000084 d699a000 d699a024 d699a460 d699a400 c041eed2 d6c31680 df2cab40 e1894a69 ffffffff c0497f38 c011778c 00000000 00000000 df2ca800 df2cab40 00000028 00000049 00000084 00000088 0000000f Call Trace: [] sis900_interrupt+0x628/0x6a0 [sis900] [] sis900_interrupt+0x633/0x6a0 [sis900] [] try_to_wake_up+0x122/0x160 [] handle_IRQ_event+0x25/0x4a [] handle_level_irp+0x79/0x102 [] do_IRQ+0x3b/0x76 [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28 [] default_idle+0x2a/0x39 [] cpu_idle+0x3e/0x6e [] start_kernel+0x324/0x3ec [] unxnown_bootoption+0x0/0x259 ======================= Code: 00 00 89 5c 24 14 8b 98 94 00 00 00 89 5c 24 10 89 54 24 0c 8b 40 60 89 44 24 08 89 4c 24 04 c7 04 24 80 d1 43 c0 e8 be 5b e2 ff <0f> 0b eb fe 55 57 56 53 83 ec 34 89 44 24 24 89 54 24 20 89 4c EIP: [] skb_over_panic+0x59/0x5d SS:ESP 0068:c0497edc Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt _ <- snip -> A very similar OOPS occurs if ntpd is not started, but a ping is sent out instead. After 5 pings the OOPS occurs with: <- snip -> EIP: 0060[] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010046 (2.6.21.1 #4) EIP si at netif_rx+0x45/0xb7 <- snip -> the call trace is the same but with the first two lines replaced by the single line: [] sis900_interrupt+0x1fa/0x6a0 [sis900] ---- Output of "scripts/ver_linux": If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux xp000690 2.6.21.1 #4 PREEMPT Sun Apr 29 16:38:15 NZST 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.1.2 Gnu make 3.81 binutils 2.17 util-linux 2.12r mount 2.12r module-init-tools 3.3-pre2 e2fsprogs 1.40-WIP reiser4progs 1.0.5 pcmciautils 014 Linux C Library > libc.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.5 Procps 3.2.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 5.97 udev 105 wireless-tools 28 Modules Loaded xt_multiport dazuko fan button ac battery autofs4 nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_irc xt_tcpudp ipt_ULOG xt_limit xt_state iptable_filter nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables x_tables cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative commoncap pcmcia irtty_sir ehci_hcd ohci_hcd sir_dev usbcore ohci1394 ieee1394 sis900 yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus joydev ---- Output of "cat /proc/version": Linux version 2.6.21.1 (root@xp000690) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #4 PREEMPT Sun Apr 29 16:38:15 NZST 2007 ---- Output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo": processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz stepping : 7 cpu MHz : 2666.600 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid bogomips : 5313.48 clflush size : 64 ---- Output of "cat /proc/modules": xt_multiport 3328 1 - Live 0xe19e7000 dazuko 51784 6 - Live 0xe1a3c000 fan 4996 0 - Live 0xe1a28000 button 8080 0 - Live 0xe1a16000 ac 5380 0 - Live 0xe1a19000 battery 10244 0 - Live 0xe1a0e000 autofs4 22020 1 - Live 0xe1a1e000 nf_conntrack_ftp 9600 0 - Live 0xe1a12000 nf_conntrack_irc 7320 0 - Live 0xe19dc000 xt_tcpudp 3456 74 - Live 0xe19e5000 ipt_ULOG 8196 31 - Live 0xe19e9000 xt_limit 2816 36 - Live 0xe19e3000 xt_state 2688 71 - Live 0xe19e1000 iptable_filter 3200 1 - Live 0xe19df000 nf_conntrack_ipv4 16140 71 - Live 0xe19d1000 nf_conntrack 55368 4 nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_irc,xt_state,nf_conntrack_ipv4, Live 0xe19ee000 ip_tables 12104 1 iptable_filter, Live 0xe19c4000 x_tables 15236 6 xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,ipt_ULOG,xt_limit,xt_state,ip_tables, Live 0xe19d7000 cpufreq_ondemand 7804 0 - Live 0xe19ce000 cpufreq_conservative 6688 0 - Live 0xe19cb000 commoncap 7168 1 dazuko, Live 0xe19c8000 pcmcia 28704 0 - Live 0xe1920000 irtty_sir 8448 0 - Live 0xe18d4000 ehci_hcd 33932 0 - Live 0xe18ea000 ohci_hcd 21508 0 - Live 0xe18d8000 sir_dev 15876 1 irtty_sir, Live 0xe18a4000 usbcore 125592 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd, Live 0xe18f6000 ohci1394 35248 0 - Live 0xe18aa000 ieee1394 94648 1 ohci1394, Live 0xe18b7000 sis900 22528 0 - Live 0xe1893000 yenta_socket 25996 1 - Live 0xe188b000 rsrc_nonstatic 12672 1 yenta_socket, Live 0xe0839000 pcmcia_core 38416 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic, Live 0xe081e000 snd_intel8x0 33052 0 - Live 0xe082a000 snd_ac97_codec 95268 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe0861000 ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xe0817000 joydev 9920 0 - Live 0xe081a000 ---- Output of "cat /proc/ioports": 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-0077 : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : 0000:00:02.5 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : 0000:00:02.5 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial 0376-0376 : 0000:00:02.5 0376-0376 : ide1 03f6-03f6 : 0000:00:02.5 03f6-03f6 : ide0 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:06 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 1080-10ff : 0000:00:02.7 1080-10ff : SiS SI7012 1400-14ff : 0000:00:02.7 1400-14ff : SiS SI7012 1800-18ff : 0000:00:02.6 1c00-1c7f : 0000:00:02.6 2000-200f : 0000:00:02.5 2000-2007 : ide0 2008-200f : ide1 2400-24ff : PCI CardBus #02 2800-28ff : PCI CardBus #02 8000-808f : pnp 00:06 8000-807f : pnp 00:06 8000-8003 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK 8004-8005 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK 8008-800b : ACPI PM_TMR 8020-8023 : ACPI GPE0_BLK 8030-8033 : ACPI GPE1_BLK 8090-80ff : pnp 00:06 8100-811f : 0000:00:02.1 8100-811f : sis96x_smbus 9000-9fff : PCI Bus #01 9000-90ff : 0000:01:00.0 f800-f8ff : 0000:00:04.0 f800-f8ff : sis900 fe00-fe00 : pnp 00:06 ---- Output of "cat /proc/iomem": 00000000-0009f3ff : System RAM 00000000-00000000 : Crash kernel 0009f400-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000cefff : Video ROM 000d0000-000d7fff : reserved 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-1fdeffff : System RAM 00100000-003b31a2 : Kernel code 003b31a3-00495c2f : Kernel data 1fdf0000-1fdfafff : ACPI Tables 1fdfb000-1fdfffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 1fe00000-1fffffff : reserved 30000000-33ffffff : PCI CardBus #02 34000000-37ffffff : PCI CardBus #02 38000000-3801ffff : 0000:00:02.3 38020000-3803ffff : 0000:00:04.0 38040000-38040fff : 0000:00:0a.0 38040000-38040fff : yenta_socket e0000000-e7ffffff : 0000:00:00.0 e8000000-e8000fff : 0000:00:02.3 e8000000-e80007ff : ohci1394 e8001000-e8001fff : 0000:00:03.0 e8001000-e8001fff : ohci_hcd e8002000-e8002fff : 0000:00:03.1 e8002000-e8002fff : ohci_hcd e8003000-e8003fff : 0000:00:03.2 e8003000-e8003fff : ohci_hcd e8004000-e8004fff : 0000:00:03.3 e8004000-e8004fff : ehci_hcd e8005000-e8005fff : 0000:00:04.0 e8005000-e8005fff : sis900 e8100000-e81fffff : PCI Bus #01 e8100000-e810ffff : 0000:01:00.0 e8100000-e810ffff : radeonfb mmio e8120000-e813ffff : 0000:01:00.0 f0000000-f7ffffff : PCI Bus #01 f0000000-f7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0 f0000000-f7ffffff : radeonfb framebuffer fec00000-fec0ffff : reserved fee00000-fee00fff : reserved ffc00000-ffc00fff : pnp 00:06 ffe00000-ffe00fff : pnp 00:06 fff80000-ffffffff : reserved ---- Output of "lspci -vvv": 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS645DX Host & Memory & AGP Controller (rev 01) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 14) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device b732 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- ---- Output of "cat /proc/scsi/scsi": Attached devices: ---- Appropriate section of /etc/network/interfaces: iface eth0 inet dhcp post-up /etc/init.d/ntp start down /etc/init.d/ntp stop ----