On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: > I got a little too fast just now, and did something that I shouldn't > have done, but what's interesting is, FreeBSD decided to pull the plug > and instantly reboot, which is usually something to be regarded as > pathological, so I am letting you folks know. I haven't analyzed > exactly what happened to cause it, actually. With the recent 802.11 panic I posted about a bit earlier, I saw something rather odd: when the panic took place on the normal text console, the system dropped to the debugger. However, when it took place with X11 running, I got an "instant reboot" -- no dump, etc. So something odd is happening during even normal failure modes when X11 is running for me. I wonder if anyone else is seeing this? Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert_at_fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research > > Anyhow, I have been using FreeBSD as a fine platform for a Free database I > am constructing for a buddy of mine who has a video rental store. The > database, which was active at the time (the app is nearly complete) is > made with Python, gtk, pygtk (obviously) and the Sleepycat database. I > called those folks up and got the opinion that, as long as I didn't try to > distribute the software, the way I'm handling it (for free) it generally > falls under their free license, so I'm ok on that. > > Anyhow, I was talking screen dump pictures of the 6 data entry screens, in > X11, using xv to grab the windows. I got a bit confused with mouse > clicks, and actually asked it to do a grab while another grab was in delay > wait (it has a timer delay, which I set to 5 seconds). Result: reboot, > instant. > > I think that's it, although I will try to answer any questions. If you > folks are all too tied up with your own projects, it won't bother me, I'm > only trying to be conscientious about things. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > chuckr_at_chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up > fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, > Signa Phi Nothing). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Sat Dec 25 2004 - 20:43:31 UTC
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