On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:32, James Wilkinson wrote: > You've got a kernel panic. Unix-like kernels Should Not Panic: you've > run into a kernel bug. (That means that it probably would happen on any > Linux). > > The next question to ask is whether you've got Nvidia, ATi or VMware > drivers installed that *didn't* come with Fedora. If so, there's not much > that the Fedora or kernel communities can do to help you. All you can do > is report a bug to whoever provided those drivers. No. I never installed any display driver or other binary driver that did not distribute with Fedora. I have found Fedora to be a fairly comprehensive distribution, so that I don't have to go so far afield. > If you haven't been installing binary-only drivers, then the next thing > to do is to enter a bug on bugzilla.fedora.us. They probably will want > you to provide one of those crash dumps: it isn't gibberish to them. > > You should find that Ctrl + Page Up and Ctrl + Page Down still work: > these scroll back to let you see the rest of the text. > > Do you have a digital camera? If so, I'd recommend taking photos of the > kernel panic, and transcribing them at leisure. If not, I'd recommend > an old-fashioned piece of techology known as a pencil and paper. > > In your description, emphasise that it is reproducable. > > In the meantime, I'm sorry, but there's not much you can do. It looks > like your card reader is not compatible with Fedora Core 1. > > You might have more luck with Fedora Core 2: a lot of work has been done > in this area. Thanks for the advice. Say--do you suppose that Fedora Core 3 will be able to mount it without a panic? I might just wait until then. Temlakos
