Linux 2.4.7 & MSI 694D doesn't boot?

[Laramie Leavitt]

Ok, I am having the hardest time getting 2.4.7 to run in my
MSI.  It _always_ dies in the same spot just after the second 
processor starts.

Perhaps I just have one option I don't need, or perhaps not.

Hardware: Dual pentium III 866 + 256 MB Ram, MSI 694D Pro-AR.
Boot device: hdb1, ext2.

The text above that is loading NTFS and setting serial options.

Anyway, here a bit of it is: 
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(copied by hand, but difficult because it is off a dual proc.)

Unable to handle NULL pointer dereference at 00000018 CPU:1

eip 0010:[00000018]
[<c0105272>][<c01cfe77>][<c019b7be>]

c0105234 = cpu_idle
c01cfcd8 = vgacon_cursor
c019b750 = set_cursor

Kernel panic.  Killing idle task.

### ver_linux

If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
 
Linux darkstar 2.4.5 #6 Fri Jun 22 01:38:20 PDT 2001 i686 unknown
 
Gnu C                  2.95.3
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.11.90.0.19
util-linux             2.11f
mount                  2.11b
modutils               2.4.6
e2fsprogs              1.22
reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j
PPP                    2.4.1
Linux C Library        2.2.3
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.3
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.06
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         ppp_deflate ppp_async ppp_generic slip lp
parport_pc parport

### Summary of lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev
c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev
22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev
10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 30)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686
[Apollo Super AC97/Audio] (rev 20)
00:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device
0d30 (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Communication controller: CONEXANT PCI Modem Enumerator (rev 08)
00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-724F [DS-1
Audio Controller] (rev 03)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
(prog-if 00 [VGA])
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT2 [NV5]
(rev 11) (prog-if 00 [VGA])

### Summary of .config: Here is the list of the config options that are
set.

#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
# CONFIG_SBUS is not set
CONFIG_UID16=y

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y

CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_PM=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y

CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IPX=y

CONFIG_IDE=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y

CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1280
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y

CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256

CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y

CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_R128=y

CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y

CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"

CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y

CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=y