Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:54:14 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.2R Console hanging. Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9907291447090.3333-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <379FBAD7.36A94043@3-cities.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Kent Stewart wrote: > Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been running `setiathome' on FreeBSD 3.2R, having it generate > > output to the console for several months (it's nice to *see* the > > machine actually do something), and I've noticed that on some rare > > occasions (ie: twice in 3 months), that the console hangs. [...] > I'm also running it but haven't seen it. I think I have processed 100 > WU's on my FreeBSD system since I started running it at the end of > May. I'm also running 3.2-Stable. There were a few strange things in > 3.2R that affected my system but 3.2S runs from one buildworld to the > next. For what it is worth, I am running setiathome in an x-window so > that I continue to have access to the machine. Ah. There's the difference right there. You're running it under X, whereas my output is going out to ttyv[0-2]. eg; I have it running on ttyv2 and that's my active screen. It lights up a dark room quite interestingly.. > You might cvsup to 3.2-Stable and then try a buildworld and see if you > have a system problem of some sort. Buildworlds seem to flush some of > them out :-). I've already done a buildword of 3.2R - it's definitely a good way to check for bad memory and other system weirdness :-) Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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