On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 09:41:13AM +0100, Adam Mercer wrote: > Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 09:41:13 +0100 > From: Adam Mercer <r.a.mercer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: kernel BUG at kernel/exit.c:855! > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > > >Tainted? Just curious, what chunk of code taints your kernel. > > vmnet(U) vmmon(U) > > Looks like VMWare modules > So this makes me suspect that this line kernel: EIP: 0060:[<02123b4d>] Tainted: is telling me that the extended instruction pointer (EIP) was in VMWare code when it went off in the wild blue yonder. Was the vmware virtual machine active or idle? -- T o m M i t c h e l l In the USA, be informed, Vote Nov 2004.