Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:28:44 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: panic? i386 on dell duo Message-ID: <4ad871310911162028t7bf203cbs6ffa9e9c846380e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091117032833.GA16284@thought.org> References: <20091116225850.GA15661@thought.org> <4ad871310911161657y2d9bcf53k176548bdd7bfa825@mail.gmail.com> <20091117032833.GA16284@thought.org>
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Hi Gary, On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0something panicked my dell. =A0more than twice. =A0i ha= ve loaded, the >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i386 7.2-R Dvd. =A0the panic was something like >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0PHY#1 >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0panic[y/n]y >> >> Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? >> > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0no, nada. =A0i didnt know about /var/crash until now, than= ks for the > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0datapoint. =A0it is empty. > Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic. > >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0then something about cpu 0 being involved. >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. =A0should i try tha= t? =A0or did >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0dell ship me a bad computer? >> > >> >> I'll keep my opinions to myself... >> > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to= my right > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0[[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. =A0 yes, why= would any > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0body do anybody else a bad deed. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0here is more complete version of the events of the day. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell a= s my > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0new server. =A0my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its dea= th-bed. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. =A0installs fine. =A0 jon horne = changed the > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A010.47.0.230. =A0i do not know why, but he change the ifcon= fig line in > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/etc/rc.conf from =3D"DHCP" to =3D"inet 10.47.0.230 netmas= k 10.0.0.255" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0or something similar. =A0jon says that the IP can't or sho= uldn't be > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0D=3DDynamic but stable. =A0surely this is right. ---in my = old config > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied do= wn in a > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. =A0it work= ed > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flawlessly. =A0now i am using pfSense and i *think* there = is a config > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0file in there that makes local IP's stable. > Network configuration "should not" provoke a panic, unless the driver is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is). > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0anybody know if i'm right? > No clue about pfsense.... > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0anyway, after my dell was reset to 0.230 from 0.112, thing= s began to > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0fail. =A0i do not know very much about networking or dhcp;= just enough > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to know that if something works, that is a Good sigh! > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i need to move over my /etc/namedb/* files; i need to set = up mail-- > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0dovecot[?]; and lastly, apache22. =A0i've got the files, j= ust don't > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0know how-to make the switch from my 1998 server to my 2009 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0computer. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0thanks to all who have read this far. =A0ideas, suggestion= s very > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0welcome. =A0a severe wind storm tonight may take down my n= etwork any > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0time. =A0sooner is better, :-) > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gary > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ideas? >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gary >> > >> > >> > >> >> --=20 Glen Barber
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