Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:46:33 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@alameda.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@alameda.net> Cc: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vm problems in 3.1-RELEASE and -STABLE Message-ID: <19990304124633.D3659@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <199903042042.MAA31909@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 12:42:39PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304123921.6947A-100000@seagoon> <199903041733.JAA30220@apollo.backplane.com> <19990304121414.A3659@TelcoSucks.org> <199903042027.MAA31748@apollo.backplane.com> <19990304123311.C3659@TelcoSucks.org> <199903042042.MAA31909@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 12:42:39PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :> A backtrace from the core dump would be useful. It's hard to tell > :> what the cause of the crash is - it could be the BT848, it could the > :> SBPRO. It could be something else. You might have to mess around > :> disabling various bits to figure out the cause. > : > :Crashes have been occuring at all different times. X11 running, no X11 running. > :X11 with with fxtv or without. I can give you the ssh root login to access > :the /var/crash. > : > :Regards, Ulf. > :Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 > > Well, I don't quite have enough time to get knee deep into a crash > dump. I can suggest a few things. > > You could try moving to -current. The VM group is in the midst of No thank you. This is my desktop, which specific I do not want to reboot, rebuilt all the time. Before that, I would go back to 3.0R. > comitting a bunch of bug fixes into -current ( current == -4.x ) but, more > importantly, there are bug fixes already in -current which have not > yet been backported to -3.x. If your crashing problem does not occur > under 4.x, there's a good chance that it will be fixed in -3.x in the > next week or so as the fixes are backported. If the crash still occurs > under -4.x, we know there's still a problem somewhere. > > Also, a large number of changes have been made to BT driver even since > the 3.1 release. It might be beneficial to upgrade to the latest -stable > ( i.e. -3.x ) first, and if that does not clear up the problem to try > -current ( i.e. -4.x ). There are no guarentees with any of these, > unfortunately. Like I said, the machine is crashing with VM errors also when the card is not in use. I think I tried even a kernel without bktr driver. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dillon@backplane.com> > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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