From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 16:50:03 2005 Return-Path: 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 9339B16A4CF for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DD843D48 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)j0GGnSTe063547; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:49:28 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116103645.00becec8@cheyenne.wixb.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116103645.00becec8@cheyenne.wixb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-3-885457279" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:49:52 -0600 To: "J.D. Bronson" X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0.2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on grog.secure-computing.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help logging a crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:03 -0000 --Apple-Mail-3-885457279 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Jan 16, 2005, at 10:38 AM, J.D. Bronson wrote: > I am having random reboots on my 5.3 system > even using GENERIC. > > I am wondering, what do I have to do to enable some sort of debug/crash > log...I dont want the thing to just reboot w/o telling me why. > > When this happens, there are no logs...just a reboot and then the FSCK. > > I believe I need to compile some options into a kernel to trap this, > but dunno...where... > > Thanks in advance guys :) If you enable debugging in the kernel, IIRC, you should have a dump file in the system root directory when the system crashes. If you tell us a little more about the system you're using, such as hardware, specific services you're running, we might be able to tell you why it's crashing. Also, the output of uname -a would be beneficial. HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-3-885457279 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHqmzAACgkQRAAY9knOW+onGQCfRxplgb/gV69cmr8h/sBiB6lV VB4An3ORpFLoNPhF1YLwQjO4wg169rLj =uMjv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-3-885457279--