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Date:      Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:19:47 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Garrett Cooper <gcooper@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: www/chromium crashing whole system
Message-ID:  <4CDF0F03.10703@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011132212400.12353@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <20101112223715.GA1356@freebsd.org>	<20101113112447.GF2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>	<20101113115900.GA14975@freebsd.org>	<20101113122853.GG2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>	<20101113123846.GA21390@freebsd.org>	<20101113124146.GH2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>	<20101113124758.GA23469@freebsd.org>	<alpine.BSF.2.00.1011132206380.12353@fledge.watson.org>	<AANLkTim7ZGLFTj_3WZiC9hAsAaOVrz6yhKcMURV%2BsKvu@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011132212400.12353@fledge.watson.org>

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On 11/13/10 2:13 PM, Robert Watson wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>
>>    Isn't there also DEADLKRES that might be helpful in this case (if
>> Alex is really dealing with a livelock in the kernel)...?
>
> The deadlock resolver is compiled into the GENERIC kernel on 
> -CURRENT, so I'm assuming it hasn't helped (or perhaps is even part 
> of the problem).  I think the best thing to do at this point is to 
> try to get into DDB.  Of the schemes I suggested to work around the 
> X11 issue, switching to a virtual console before starting Chromium 
> may work best, since it will continue to use the local X server, etc.
An alternate way of handling this:
Turn on the VNC X server and use that from a remote place, leaving the 
console free.
>
> Robert
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