Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:15:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Todd Anderson <grifter@toolshed.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seemingly random rebooting Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091713340.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990609163023.00a17a5c@mail.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com>
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Todd Anderson wrote: > hello every once and a while i feel the need to look at my FreeBSD > computers screen to see if any errors are on the screen. When i move the > mouse to turn off the screensaver there are alot of random characters on > the screen. After about 5 seconds the computer reboots without unmounting > the filesystem. That's nutty. What version of FreeBSD is this? Which screensaver? What kind of mouse? I assume you're running moused. > All of my internet access runs though this machine and seems to > work right up untill the computer reboots. > > im some cases i have turned off the screensaver and seen that the > mailserver has printed a message on the screen for each and every email > that has bounced. After this the computer runs out of memory (or somthing > similar) because the server will not work until rebooted. Can you capture this? You may want to a) compile a debugging kernel and take a dump or b) run top and look for a runaway process. > And on a totally different note My internet access is a cable > modem that uses DHCP. But FreeBSD doesnt seem to support this No, just install isc-dhcp. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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