From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 05:26:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2BE16BD68 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 05:26:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.evilcoder.org (cust.94.120.adsl.cistron.nl [195.64.94.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF1243D2D for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 05:26:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) From: "Remko Lodder" To: "Joe Schmoe" , Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:26:17 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <20040201132004.7164518@mail.elvandar.org> Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvandar.org Message-Id: <20040201132600.C66172B4D8C@mail.evilcoder.org> Subject: RE: [Freebsd-hackers] What kind of a crash is this ? (kernel ? userland?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 13:26:24 -0000 i dont think it's a crash. i think there processess sucking up your cpu / memory etc. that is why your login prompt does not get any cpu cycli's therefor never giving you a prompt... I had it when i had a nice little .kshrc file which did a id,pwd, and stuff like that to give me the nice little remko:machine [path]$ banner, but that took so many proces space etc, that the computer stopped responding. Hope thishelped you a little :) -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: freebsd-hackers-bounces@lists.elvandar.org [mailto:freebsd-hackers-bounces@lists.elvandar.org]Namens Joe Schmoe Verzonden: zondag 1 februari 2004 3:03 Aan: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Onderwerp: [Freebsd-hackers] What kind of a crash is this ? (kernel ? userland?) Hello, I have become familiar with certain FreeBSD crashes - namely, I can tell the difference between the kernel crashing, and the userland crashing. If the machine is down, but I can still ping it, then the userland has crashed - the kernel is still running, which is why it responds to pings. But if it crashes and just reboots itself, then the kernel has crashed. Oversimplified I know, but I am leading up to: What kind of a crash is it if: I can ssh to the system, it gives me the BSD copyright and the uname message, but never ever gives me a prompt. What is going on in this scenario ? What kind of things have you seen that cause a crash like this ? thanks. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ Freebsd-hackers mailing list Freebsd-hackers@lists.elvandar.org http://lists.elvandar.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers