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Date:      Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:13:43 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
Cc:        Maildrop <maildrop@qwest.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel Panics in 4.7-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20021013211343.GL10829@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20021012153047.X14360-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
References:  <NGBBIILBAKIFGHHCHOHPCEDJFJAA.maildrop@qwest.net> <20021012153047.X14360-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>

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On 2002-10-12 15:31, Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Maildrop wrote:
> > I just got a panic in 4.7 also (K6-2 300 MHZ, 256 RAM).  How did you grab
> > the "panic log" off the console?  I got a kernel.0 and a vmcore.0 in
> > /var/crash, but can't find the text message it printed to console (I seen
> > the message on the console, I just don't know where or how to save it after
> > the reboot ( and was't quick enough to write it all down ;) )
>
> I just typed it into a mail client by reading off the screen.

I'm not sure if this is too much to ask, but can you two try one of
the following things?  Not both, just one of the two would be fine...

Option 1. Try downgrading from 4.7-STABLE to 4.7-RELEASE.  This should
be relatively easy (and safe) to do, since 4.7-STABLE hasn't changed a
lot since 4.7-RELEASE.  If the problem persists with 4.7-RELEASE you
should definitely try your best with option 2.

Option 2. Try reading the "Developer's Handbook" section on debugging
kernel problems, and attempt to build a kernel with debugging symbols.
Then when the next crash hits, use the kernel debugger to get a stack
trace of the kernel and post that to this list.

The Developer's Handbook is available both locally (if you have
installed the documentation packages) under
/usr/share/doc/en/books/developers-handbook
or online at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/

- Giorgos

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