Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 07:39:46 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.11 panic every 23 hours 55 minutes or so Message-ID: <4ad871310905170439o678e2a9dp1c09be26ed9afc75@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090517110657.GC2706@mini.local> References: <20090517110657.GC2706@mini.local>
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On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> wrote: > One of the weirder things I've seen in a while here... > > OS: FreeBSD 4.11 (yeah I know, old, but generally stable) > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz > real memory =A0=3D 536608768 (524032K bytes) > Hds: IDE > Do you by chance have the kernel built with debugging enabled? > Problem: =A0Ever since a suspitious power outage (I say suspitious > because we think a surge was also involved), this box has been > exhibiting kernel panics about every 23 hours 55 minutes, give or > take about 4 minutes either way. =A0Obviously hardware is suspect, > and hopefully in line for upgrade; but as FreeBSD has always proven > so stable for me, I'm curious what on earth could cause this sort > of regular panic? > > It's not time of day; if I reboot at 2:00 AM, 3:55 PM, or any other > time, it's 23:55 or so later I get a panic, whenever that may be. > I think this rules out cron jobs, external attacks, and load-based > issues. > Perhaps a bad CMOS battery causing the system time to become corrupted? (I know it's a long shot...) --=20 Glen Barber
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