This is the interesting part from the oops message: Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-pre6-sb20021114 ... unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00006e76, epc == c0005100, ra == 80117e08 Oops in fault.c::do_page_fault, line 224: -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/