From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 11:48:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6CA5A1B766 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67751EC9 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id B42EDA1B765; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D30A1B764 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x244.google.com (mail-ig0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7457D1EC8 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by igbfs6 with SMTP id fs6so8220938igb.3 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:48:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+CkmnOChKEKRnUQhtYBMM8SIRhqKxi04SwhNp01lzI0=; b=hbkdc3L+tgFjA5Hbu+xMKuO8YxqmjeLxgF9cBjYMfPfVFuX6sxCu69rFiGcScZxh9i 49jCdfXt+XPZ++eJABEv6nR17z9RHcUjN+Am4hfZsslNNUhGWgrTxIt4x4iXak5ZZnOq mLcLQx+Dx1StnKhViDLMqZ4uhvx6z0XSAsIkiWgek719wj9pVcFJBbIRJZzgOFYdIKzp fGXs070+G/E+oVXSYLFDZplhVhpUdHwbnklUc6LlvDyTAmnW/vC4lbSYsFW+LQmKqKOx S5h/XuxNIqHwvSci4MkcYhwXj3wUDC88e/M6JcKP229PiRHy2YeF2N9FLOB9vNU3fZY0 zl3A== X-Received: by 10.50.83.6 with SMTP id m6mr37123914igy.90.1445514534818; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:48:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.3] (cpe-76-190-244-6.neo.res.rr.com. [76.190.244.6]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id ux6sm5854729igb.19.2015.10.22.04.48.53 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:48:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5628CD2B.2000902@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:48:59 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrea Venturoli CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots with splash References: <5627D8B8.7030901@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <5627D8B8.7030901@netfence.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:48:56 -0000 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > I've got a problem with a 10.1/i386 box which sometimes reboots > spontaneously: no crash dump, no message, nothing; only a sudden reboot > with nothing in the logs. > I even added INVARIANTS, WITNESS, SOCKBUF_DEBUG, DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS, > DEBUG_MEMGUARD and DIAGNOSTIC to my kernel conf: nothing changed. > > I tried putting DDB into the picture, but it won't be brough up; again a > plain reboot. > > > > > > While doing all my tests (and kernel compilations), I was able to see a > lot of reboots happening when the consoles screen saver starts or a key > is pressed to get back to the console. > In /boot/loader.conf I've got: > splash_bmp_load="YES" > bitmap_load="YES" > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" > > The above image will appear on boot and as soon as the keyboard is not > used for a while. > > With these settings, a "make kernel" will only seldom get to the end. > > In fact, after putting 'blanktime="NO"' in /etc/rc.conf, I tried "make > kernel" several times: no problem ever. > > So I thought my kernel might have something wrong and I tried GENERIC, > getting the same results. > > although I've been using this setup for maybe 15 years, I'm starting to > think splash has something wrong!!! > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > Any hint on how to get sure data? > I know I could just disable splash and easily live with it (that's in > fact what I'll do for now), but I'd feel more comfortable if I could get > straight down to the cause. > > Any help appreciated. > > > bye & Thanks > av. > > Read the handbook section about splash. Your splash.bmp file has to be under 320x200 in size. For a bmp file over that size you need to also load the VESA module. vesa_load="YES"