Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:23:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jason@washington.edu> To: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: system unstable, how to make it stable again ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129110705.642A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980129165237.006c5004@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Malte Lance wrote: > Assume your system got unstable due to some crashes, in such a way, > that sometimes it freezes hard (no response from the machine, no ping ...). > Assume further that some components (libs or apps or ...) are clobbered > and in the best case your apps just core-dump but in the worst case > some apps just malfunction and freeze the machine. > Assume further a kernel rebuild does not help. > > Would a "make world" of the source-tree heal the system and make it > stable again ? > > Malte Lance > malte@webmore.com A make world would not necessarily cure all of your troubles. The big question I ask my self when things go awry is, "What did I change?" and, "What are my error messages?" That is the starting point. I find it less than likely that a large quantity of your apps got broke. I would look for something that could have a _global_ effect. Did you change your kernel config file? Recompliling with a broken config will result in a broken kernel. It won't matter how many times you recompile that broken kernel; it will stay broke. I venture a guess that you removed a mandatory keyword from your kernel config file. This is 100% guess though. I have done this and the result was all kinds of bizzare behavior. This message is vague as your description of your troubles is vague. Error messages are necessary to get better responses. What makes you think your libs or apps got "clobbered?" Good Luck, Jason Wells
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