From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Dec 10 10:59:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5323537B401 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from k6.locore.ca (k6.locore.ca [198.96.117.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDACE43ED4 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:59:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: from k6.locore.ca (jake@localhost.locore.ca [127.0.0.1]) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBAJGaxQ085084; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:16:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: (from jake@localhost) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBAJGaJI085083; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:16:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:16:35 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder To: Gavin Atkinson Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hangs under load Message-ID: <20021210141635.A84047@locore.ca> References: <20021210184226.W66997-100000@ury.york.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021210184226.W66997-100000@ury.york.ac.uk>; from gavin@ury.york.ac.uk on Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 06:53:46PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Apparently, On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 06:53:46PM +0000, Gavin Atkinson said words to the effect of; > > Hi, > > I am running a kernel from Nov 11th on my Ultra 5. I can't compile a new > kernel because my system hangs during the compile. How can I begin to > debug this? Or should I just try my hardest to get to the top of the tree > before investigating? > > I don't think it's hardware issues. The box still responds to pings and > arp who-has requests. But I get nothing on the serial port, and sending a > break does nothing either. > > If anyone has any suggeestions, i'd be happy to try them. Try to get to the top of the tree. If you can't build a new kernel you could download the RC1 or DP2 dics2.iso and try booting the GENERIC kernel that's on that. It should work ok with your older binaries. Jake To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message