Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:01:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: chris@monochrome.org (Chris Hill) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overnight lobotomy? Message-ID: <200007181501.LAA10314@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000718084627.80632A-100000@mail> from Chris Hill at "Jul 18, 2000 9: 0:18 am"
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Quite possibly the BRB is your only recourse here. Check the FreeBSD security advisories; I believe there's a TCP bug that can damage a 3.3 system. (It definitely affects 3.1). ==ml > Hi all, > > Got a strange one here. I have a machine that's been happily running > 3.1R ever since that was the current Release, close to a year now. > > Last night it was running just fine, but this morning I can't log in > from the console or from anywhere else. The keyboard responds to > alt-Fn, but to no other keys. Moused doesn't seem to be running, > either. From other hosts on the LAN, I can ping it but cannot telnet > or ftp. Its POP server does not respond, nor does its netatalk server. > > I'd try the usual diagnostic tools, but that's not easy when you can't > get a prompt! > > FWIW, this machine is on an RFC1918 net behind a NATting firewall > (ipfw under 3.3R), and the firewall machine is running fine. > > Any ideas? Am I going to have to press the Big Red Button? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > [1] Bus error netscape > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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