Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:42:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tracing a crash Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117004200.9641h-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971111092513.008d47b0@hyperreal.org>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > My heavily-used FreeBSD box had been up for a month before it froze up last > night. I wasn't on at the time and don't have a clue as to what could have > caused it, but I'd like to find out. There's nothing special in > /var/log/messages (I'm logging syslog messages of type > "*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;*.crit;*.err;deamon.*" to it) and nothing > special in /var/crash. What are some other steps I can take to figure out > what may have caused the crash? After the fact and without dumps turned on, you're kinda stuck. If you're ever around when it locks up check the console and see if it panic'd. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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