echo "scsi dump 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi gives an oops. ksymoops does not really help all that much 8-( Here is the oops: turbocharged kernel: Dump of scsi command parameters: turbocharged kernel: h:c:t:l (dev sect nsect cnumsec sg) (ret all flg) (to/cmd to ito) cmd snse result turbocharged kernel: Dump of pending block device requests turbocharged kernel: 0: <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000040 turbocharged kernel: printing eip: turbocharged kernel: c01a03e8 turbocharged kernel: *pde = 00000000 turbocharged kernel: Oops: 0000 turbocharged kernel: CPU: 0 turbocharged kernel: EIP: 0010:[scsi_dump_status+428/540] turbocharged kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 turbocharged kernel: eax: 00000003 ebx: 00000000 ecx: cb492000 edx: 00000000 turbocharged kernel: esi: c02d2030 edi: c1384b40 ebp: 00000000 esp: caae3f38 turbocharged kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 turbocharged kernel: Process bash (pid: 543, stackpage=caae3000) turbocharged kernel: Stack: 40016000 c0232c9d caad6000 bffff3f0 cbf78d60 c019f31b 00000000 caad600a turbocharged kernel: 00000000 00000000 ffffffea cae37920 0000000c bffff3f0 caad6005 caee4a80 turbocharged kernel: ffffffea caad6000 cae37920 00000000 caad600a c0145388 cae37920 40016000 turbocharged kernel: Call Trace: [scsi_device_types+1725/5063] [proc_scsi_gen_write+231/1788] [proc_file_write+40/56] [sys_write+146/200] [system_call+51/56] turbocharged kernel: Code: 8b 43 40 50 8b 43 2c 50 8b 43 28 50 8b 43 20 50 0f b7 43 1c and here is the output from ksymoops. Perhaps someone can point out what I doing wrong with it so that I can get more useful output. [root@turbocharged /root]# ksymoops -v /usr/src/linux/vmlinux -m /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test9 -k proc_ksyms.scsi_oops -l proc_modules.scsi_oops -s save.map scsi_dump_0.oops ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.4.0-test9. Options used -v /usr/src/linux/vmlinux (specified) -k proc_ksyms.scsi_oops (specified) -l proc_modules.scsi_oops (specified) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0-test9/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test9 (specified) Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(__usb_get_extra_descriptor) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_alloc_bus) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_alloc_dev) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_alloc_urb) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_bulk_msg) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_check_bandwidth) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_claim_bandwidth) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_clear_halt) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_connect) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_control_msg) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_deregister) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_deregister_bus) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_disconnect) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_driver_claim_interface) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_driver_release_interface) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_epnum_to_ep_desc) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_free_bus) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_free_dev) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_free_urb) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_class_descriptor) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_configuration) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_current_frame_number) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_descriptor) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_device_descriptor) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_protocol) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_report) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_get_string) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_ifnum_to_if) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_inc_dev_use) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_interface_claimed) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_new_device) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_register) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_register_bus) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_release_bandwidth) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_reset_device) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_root_hub_string) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_scan_devices) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_address) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_configuration) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_idle) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_interface) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_protocol) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_set_report) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_string) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_submit_urb) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(usb_unlink_urb) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry turbocharged kernel: 0: <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000040 46 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable. Here is the contents of /proc/modules immediately after the oops: serial_cs 4620 0 (unused) xirc2ps_cs 12552 0 (unused) nm256_audio 68112 0 (unused) sound 58400 0 [nm256_audio] ac97 3356 0 [nm256_audio] As you can see, no usb modules 8-| Richard