Kernel panic at boot?

[Jef Driesen]

Corey Bettenhausen wrote:
> Jef Driesen wrote:
>> When I boot my Ubuntu desktop, the system often freezes at the point 
>> where the splash screen appears (in a very early stage of the boot 
>> sequence, because the progress bar is almost empty). When this happens, 
>> the LEDs on my keyboard start flashing and I believe this indicates a 
>> kernel panic.
>>
>> This happens quite often and as a result I often have to reset the 
>> machine multiple times to make it boot. But once the system is finally 
>> running, it works just fine.
>>
>> How do I find out what is causing the problem?
> 
> Detailed logs are written on boot.  You can view these logs by clicking 
> on "System -> Administration -> System Log".  Click on "kern.log" and 
> "messages" in the tree on the left.  That should give you a start on 
> finding the problem.

I can't find anything useful in the log files. I think the kernel panic 
occurs before anything is written to the logs? I booted without "quiet 
splash" and made a photo of my display:

http://users.telenet.be/sacn/tmp/kernel_panic.jpg