Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:54:19 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sudden and unexplained reboots Message-ID: <20030605085419.GA36987@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <000701c32b2f$66de5550$b655fea9@dawodhome> References: <20030604154549.A68164@ns.museum.rain.com> <000701c32b2f$66de5550$b655fea9@dawodhome>
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On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:55:03AM +0200, Noor Dawod wrote: > Hi again, > > I must say that I believe I forgot to mention four main factors that > might aid in finding the cause of the panic: > > 1) I use ipfw to limit allowed connections to the machine. I > specifically limit connections to (ftpd) all along, which means that for > some weird reason, the kernel panic'ed in (ftpd) while it shouldn't have > been running at all. > > 2) the machine is based on a server motherboard and case, manufactured > by Intel, and its hardware is highly appreciated. I had no problem with > it at all ever. > > 3) Apache is failing to start on few occasions with sudden 'Signal 4' or > 'Signal 11' exit codes. Restarting it would work most of the times. Random sig 11's are a classic sign of dodgy RAM (especially) or other hardware. Take a look at http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ for much more information than you ever wanted... > 4) kernel is built using "-O2 -pipe" make options. > > The above information is the currently used ones. I am building a new > kernel now without the "-O2 -pipe" options, using a newly built world. This is a good idea, but I'd be tempted to install a kernel & world built on another machine if possible, in case some part of your toolchain is damaged. It'll be interesting to see how things work out with the new world. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon
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