Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:04:04 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 Problem possibly I/O related Message-ID: <14975.45044.295769.589613@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <51429498@toto.iv>
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Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> types: > Due to the nature of this problem, I can't do any tracing. > > I have noticed several times since upgrading to 4.2-RELEASE > that the system will just "freeze". > > When this happens, you can still ping the IP of the machine > on the local network, but you cannot get a telnet or ftp connection. [...] > This could, of course, be a hardware problem that is creeping up, This seems most likely. Since the kernel is answering pings, it's still running. Getting a stack trace of what's going on when this happens would be very useful. Read the handbook section about On-line kernel debugging using DDB <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/x18654.html > for information on how to do that. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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