From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 01:27:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC70F106566B for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:27:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948678FC18 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn12 with SMTP id 12so2598005iwn.15 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:27:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=3EYynyXMKZCQPaa5glYAeuKNEJGkNhrCiIduZCazOIo=; b=mlczBxGps4O9ucPbGS+kpsQWSQsO5yqqJ+PGZur8NrIEcCt3jv5i19HmNG8uGu/gmX c/Jz+iJKg9/S4Est0IcTljLIRaDw9Z00SqxqHsmnKkMuI3WzkFm70lM2P6ZIhoIkr9GE TmTDl5v4AWuJsodwMl4FQYZXCAR4exvsp44to= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=crXb+08urq94gBhttnf+67OlktBQ1HkNOmgd4pHEwSVV/e4VIf4KkY6AwogN8eQU02 xte3LF4u/BbpMJp0HM15AF6El1I99AKxAwcCyjNuE8sH0uzv/SljTWpQEiPGCoxiZV/E NSrMQSueyHhQCMf593JroF5t2tlgjFOAXaTTU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.156.80 with SMTP id v16mr1618752ibw.99.1272331634899; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.113.36 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:27:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:27:14 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Axel Schmalowsky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interrupt ptr 12h? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:27:22 -0000 On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Axel Schmalowsky wrote: > Hello list, > > sometimes my system freezes, and I cannot figure out why. > > What I do know is that everytime I try to build openoffice, it freezes > during the build process. > Last time my system froze, the kernel "spat out" the following message: > "kerneltrap with interrupt ptr 12h disabled". > > What does this mean, exactly? > > please help. > > -axel Usually there is more to the message than the above when a kernel experiences a "panic". When this panic occurs again, try to capture as much of the text from the console as possible (I often take a snapshot with a digital camera, and jot down notes on paper). The more detail you can provide the developers, the better. And, if (when) you're brave enough: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html Also, I think it may be appropriate at this point to test your computer's RAM (using a "memtest"-type utility); doing large, intensive tasks such as building OpenOffice is bound to uncover issues with your computer's hardware -- I know this from experience :) -Brandon