[plug] server problem; possible faulty controller card.

[Paul Arch]

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> Has anyone run into the following error messages?  the driver, then reboot and hope it comes up with the new driver?
>
>
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: Code:  Bad EIP value.
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 04e8c358
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel:  printing eip:
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: 04e8c358
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: Oops: 0000
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: CPU:    1
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: EIP:    0010:[agp_frontend_cleanup+82363224/-1072693248]    Not tainted
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: EFLAGS: 00010293
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: eax: 00000109   ebx: d0db4000   ecx: bfffed40   edx: 00000018
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: esi: 00000016   edi: ffffffff   ebp: bfffed08   esp: d0db5fc0
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: Process ls (pid: 2782, stackpage=d0db5000)
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: Stack: c0108913 00000000 bfffed40 400222b4 00000016 ffffffff bfffed08 00000109
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel:        0000002b 0000002b 00000109 4001eea6 00000023 00000246 bfffecec 0000002b
> Mar 13 12:00:19 gw kernel: Call Trace:    [system_call+51/56]
>
>   
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A quick google search would suggest that this error may be caused by 
some other hardware apart from the hard disk controller ( eg. network card )

What error made you come to the conclusion that it was the hard disk 
controller which was causing you troubles in the first place ?  To me 
the above message includes reference to the agp front end.

In trouble shooting such problems, I would start by removing all cards 
from the system and start adding them back in one by one.

Try using a knoppix boot CD and check to see how everything looks ( ie - 
does it all boot OK )

cheers

Paul Arch