Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:01:38 -0600 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> To: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help logging a crash Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116105704.00c08218@cheyenne.wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <A480AC9E-67DE-11D9-8D05-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116103645.00becec8@cheyenne.wixb.com> <A480AC9E-67DE-11D9-8D05-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>
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At 10:49 AM 1/16/2005, you wrote: >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 I was running 5.3 RELEASE. I just updated to 5.3-STABLE to see how things go. FreeBSD shadow 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 16 09:47:10 CST 2005 root@shadow:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SHADOW i386 This is a Pentium 4 3.06(HTT) and I have enabled SMP. it runs very well, but anywhere from an hour to a week and the machine reboots. Last time this happened, I had disconnected the LAN from the machine in case something was causing this from the network. (nope). I then thought it was related to SCSI, so I installed a new 5.3 on IDE. Still reboots. I have 2 identical machines and they both exhibit this. So I doubt its faulty hardware. These machines can run any other OS for weeks on end. Just freebsd 5.3 causes issues. 5.2.1 was rock solid for months and no reboots. (I dont do upgrades, but fresh installs..) so when I installed 5.3 the trouble started. last week I had a panic which caused the machine to halt and I posted it here. No dump file though and no reply. All I did was telnet into the machine and it panicked. So...before I give up on 5.3, I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help the developers track down this reboot_at_random troubles. PS - these machines have less than 10 users and virtually no load. All they do is run DNS and SMTP. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282 AIM:lonebanditusa // MSN:lonebanditusa@msn.com // Yahoo:lonebanditusa
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