Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:28:17 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Dale Shaw" <dale.shaw@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.2-REL, system lockup, recovers when keyboard pressed Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMEHOCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <3329cbb40803121952r344b6e82i96fbbbf666c6ed10@mail.gmail.com>
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Sorry for the top post. Over the year's I've had a few boxes that did stuff like this. Putting the same software packages on a different PC that had a different motherboard and cards in it resulted in no lockups. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dale Shaw > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:52 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-REL, system lockup, recovers when keyboard > pressed > > > Hi again all, > > Just an update on my problem (see below). > > I upgraded the box to 6.3-REL and the problem persisted -- exactly the > same behaviour. > > I've narrowed the problem down to nfdump though -- without the NetFlow > collectors (nfcapd) running, the box is rock solid. > > If anyone out there happens to have seen this problem (with nfdump and > friends) before, or has some general advice for troubleshooting > something like this (I suspect some system resource tuning may be > required), please drop me a line. > > In the meantime, I'll head on over to the nfdump list. > > cheers, > Dale > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Kris Kennaway > <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > Dale Shaw wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > [...] > > > > I have a vanilla 6.2-RELEASE system running a bunch of network > > > > management type tools like RANCID, nfcapd, cacti and so on. > > > > > > > > After a few days of normal operation, the system (locked away in a > > > > data centre) falls off the network. Can't SSH to it, > can't ping it. No > > > > ARP -- gone! I have no OOB access to this machine (it's a test > > > > box/play pen). > > > > > > I have a vague memory of something like this but cannot point to a > > > specific commit that resolved it. > > > > > > Kris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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