Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:46:17 -0700 From: "Robison, Dave" <david.robison@fisglobal.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suddenly lots processes exits signal 11 (core dumped) Message-ID: <4DB704E9.7000802@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB6D839.3010809@inbox.lv> References: <4DB6D082.4020907@inbox.lv> <BANLkTimZ3eQmOOimQxjGJF_E12hk-SvS8Q@mail.gmail.com> <4DB6D839.3010809@inbox.lv>
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I second the idea that this is a RAM issue. Power down, ground yourself, remove and re-seat the RAM and see if the problem goes away. On 04/26/2011 07:35, Mikael Bak wrote: > C. P. Ghost wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Mikael Bak<mbak@inbox.lv> wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I have a system running FreeBSD 7.3. Its main function is running >>> Postfix SMTP server and a few perl based content filters. Nothing exotic >>> really. >>> >>> It has been nicely up and running approx 150 days when it suddenly >>> starts behaving very strange. >>> >>> First I noticed a converter script failing. It is basically a small >>> shell script that converts a quite big file replacing a few words using >>> sed. The output is mostly damaged. >>> >>> Another problem is that lots of processes exits signal 11 (core dumped). >>> And I need to restart them by hand. See dmesg output below. >>> >>> I know I don't give you guys much to go on. I just want to know it it's >>> possible to find out somehow if some hardware is failing and must be >>> changed. >>> >>> My first thought was overheating. But my collegue went to the site and >>> he said the hardware is not hot at all. >> If you didn't update the OS or the apps, it is almost certainly hardware- >> related. Probably a bad PSU, or bad RAM. The box doesn't have to >> overheat when one of those are degraded. >> > Hi, > Thanks fot the fast answer! > > The OS is regularly updated with "freebsd-update", but only within 7.3 > version. > > The apps are regularly updated with "portmaster". > > So I can't say nothig's ever changed. But I can only say that this is > the only machine I've ever seen behave like this. > > TIA, > Mikael > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c) 510/621-2020 (f) daver@vicor.com david.robison@fisglobal.com _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _____________
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