From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 12 10:03:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA09854 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:03:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA09835 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:03:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id KAA18862; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:03:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA06714; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:03:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611121803.KAA06714@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "R. A. Nethercott" cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Lock! In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 12 Nov 96 10:38:13 -0500. Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:03:25 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have a question for you BSD gurus! My system is continuously locking >up on Sunday afternoon and it does not give me any information to attempt >to fix it. Now, it is crashing more often, and I still do not know where [...] Are you running X? If so, leave your system at the virtual text screen 0 when you're done with it, and you may see what you're looking for right on your monitor, the next time it hangs. The kernel debugger won't automatically switch you out of X and back to a text vty, because it doesn't know how. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------