Re: Random RC2 crashes

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:45:34PM +1100, J Lachlan Kanaley wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 11:12:16PM -0500, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:17:48AM +1100, J Lachlan Kanaley wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am still experiencing random system lockups using a generic 5-RC2
> > > system.  These seem to occur whenever the system is left unused for a
> > > while.  I experienced similar problems with 5-BETA7 when doing a `make
> > > world'.  There is no kernel panic, but the system no longer accepts
> > > network connections and there is no response from the keyboard.  There
> > > is nothing in the logs.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get some meaningful
> > > information from this?  What should I turn on for debugging?
> > 
> > Are you an X user or console user?  Do you have potential for turning
> > on the serial console support?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Brian Fundakowski Feldman                           \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\
> >   <> green_at_FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
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> 
> Just using console and ssh.  Unfortunately I don't have a serial cable.
> 
> It is a minimal install, with the following services enabled:
> 
> defaultrouter="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
> hostname="..."
> ifconfig_dc0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> apache2_enable="YES"
> smbd_enable="YES"
> nmbd_enable="YES"
> syslogd_flags="-ss"
> 
> and the following packages installed.
> apache-2.0.52_2
> autoconf-2.59_2
> automake-1.9.1
> centericq-4.12.0
> curl-7.12.1
> cvsup-without-gui-16.1h
> expat-1.95.8
> gettext-0.13.1_1
> gmake-3.80_2
> imapfilter-1.0.1
> libiconv-1.9.2_1
> libtool-1.5.10
> lua-5.0.2
> m4-1.4.1
> mutt-devel-1.5.6_10
> perl-5.8.5
> samba-3.0.7,1
> sudo-1.6.8.1
> vim-6.3.16
> ximp3-0.1.15

That's certainly nothing too crazy; make sure to enable KDB/DDB and
turn it on in case of panic, because crash dumps are much less often
likely to work as of recent than just getting some crash info from
DDB.

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Brian Fundakowski Feldman                           \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\
  <> green_at_FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
 Opinions expressed are my own.                       \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\