From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 16:27:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414EF37B401; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D7743FAF; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:27:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5DNR4Hq029100 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:27:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (cicely8.cicely.de [10.1.1.10]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5DNR3xZ007748 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:27:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5DNR2FP007604; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:27:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h5DNR2Of007603; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:27:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:27:02 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Rob Byrnes Message-ID: <20030613232701.GD7279@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030614091009.0256dd50@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030614091009.0256dd50@127.0.0.1> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely8.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: odd crash on -STABLE box X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:27:10 -0000 On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 09:19:38AM +1000, Rob Byrnes wrote: > I checked by Alpha this morning after it's been running fine for a while > and saw this on the terminal (hand transposed): > > Jun 14 08:54:55 erwin getty[2087] : getty : retreiving gettytab entry > 'default': Device not configured > Jun 14 08:54:55 erwin getty[2087] : getty : retreiving gettytab entry 'Pc': > Device not configured > Jun 14 08:54:55 erwin getty[2087] : getty : retreiving gettytab entry 'Pc': > Device not configured > Jun 14 08:54:55 erwin tc setattr /dev/ttyv1: Operation not supported > Jun 14 08:54:55 erwin init: getty repeating too quickly on /dev/ttyv1, > sleeping 30 secs Sounds like some gettys can't read their config. > Tried to halt the box nicely, this error popped up: > > [root@erwin] /: halt > spec_getpages : [#da/0] I/O read failure: (error 6) bp > 0xfffffe0004a53b70 vp 0xfffffe000b683ec0 > size: 65536, resid: 65536, a_count: 65536, valid: 0x0 > nread: 0, reqpage: 0, pindex: 0, pcount: 0 > /sbin/halt: Input/output error Sound like a read error - without naming the aktual error. > So I had to hard reset the box. It came back OK after a fsck, nothing in > the logs at all > > root@erwin ~ % uname -a > FreeBSD erwin.number6 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 9 16:34:34 > EST 2003 root@erwin.number6:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ERWIN alpha > > Any clues as to what went awry? I would guess that your / drive temporarily failed, but it's hard to say why. You should check cabeling - especially whatch out for loose power connectors. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de