From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 31 11:34:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B652716A4DD for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE83B43D45 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:34:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool3.panix.com (mailspool3.panix.com [166.84.1.78]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 339689D84C; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669C462E41; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GIkoH-00055v-00; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:34:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:34:13 -0400 From: stan To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20060831113413.GA19466@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Norberto Meijome , Free BSD Questions list References: <20060830220228.GB28263@teddy.fas.com> <20060831133935.4b649079@localhost> <20060831040107.GA6371@teddy.fas.com> <20060831144428.1956286a@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060831144428.1956286a@localhost> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 07:29:13 up 136 days, 8:35, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.03, 0.01 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: 6.1 current instabilty on Sun Ultra 40's 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: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:34:15 -0000 On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 02:44:28PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:01:07 -0400 > stan wrote: > > > On that disk is a world, built from last weekends cvsup. I was able > > to reproduce it's instability to build a generic kernel. It fails with > > a signal (I believe) 11, > > fair enough :) > > btw, from past experience, sig_fault 11 usually points to faulty hardware > (usually RAM...) - haven't found them much on BSD, but i'd get them all the > time when using lesser hardware on linux (building kernel was a standard way to > test the hardware back then).... but since you've ruled out hardware... i dont > know what else :) > I agree, that's one of the reasons it took me so long to decide to shut the production machine down to verify whether it _was_ hardware or not. I was extermely disapointed when I was able to reproduce the problem on known good hardware, as the unit i'm trying to put FreeBSD on is still under waranty. I don't really know how to go about creating a reproducable enough problem that is simple enough to submit a bug report, so I supose my only option is to find another use for this machine. too bad, beacuse I can easily buy yese machines, which isn't always the case in a corporate environment. -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)