From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 16 17:47:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from begemot.org (negara.cs.waikato.ac.nz [130.217.248.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3590214CE7 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:47:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from mojave.worldwide.lemis.com (modem51.slip.waikato.ac.nz [130.217.97.150]) by begemot.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA15513; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:46:53 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (grog@localhost) by mojave.worldwide.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.6.12) id MAA07333; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 12:03:46 +1300 (NZDT) Message-ID: <19991017120346.61444@mojave.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 12:03:46 +1300 From: Greg Lehey To: Keith Chiem , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: crash meaning? References: <14344.15689.515721.358544@blowfish.dsl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <14344.15689.515721.358544@blowfish.dsl>; from Keith Chiem on Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 01:54:33AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 16 October 1999 at 1:54:33 -0700, Keith Chiem wrote: > > Got this from /var/crash: > > IdlePTD 2519040 > initial pcb at 1f2b2c > panicstr: page fault > > [many numbers omitted] > > Any ideas as to what it means? No. The information you supply isn't enough. If you only had this problem once, we'll never find out. If it happens more frequently, you'll need the following: 1. A kernel with debugging symbols. You build a debug kernel like this: # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf # config -g MYKERNEL (substitute the name of your config file, GENERIC by default) # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL # make depend # make # cp kernel kernel.debug (these two lines are # strip -g kernel new) # make install 2. Ensure that dumping is enabled. You should have a line line this in your /etc/rc.conf: dumpdev=/dev/wd0b Substitute the name of your swap partition for /dev/wd0b. 3. Ensure you have a directory /var/crash, and that the file system has enough space for a dump and a kernel (about 12 MB more than your memory size). If you have another panic, you should then get a useful dump in /var/crash. There's a section about debugging it in the online handbook. If you still have trouble, ask us again. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message