Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:42 +0100 From: Jakob Breivik Grimstveit <jakob@grimstveit.no> To: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd8.0: Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode Message-ID: <40a50a8c0912110459w2eff38c1ue92edfcff621ba00@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B1AE7D2.7050105@bah.homeip.net> References: <40a50a8c0912051116v68c97228vf363bfab3af1cf7d@mail.gmail.com> <4B1AE7D2.7050105@bah.homeip.net>
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On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 00:08, Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> wrote: > Jakob Breivik Grimstveit said the following on 2009-12-05 20:16: >> >> I have - after having upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0, started experiencing >> system unstability, with crashes about every 12-24h. Last time my >> system crashed, I got the following screen output: >> >> Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode >> couid = 0; apic id = 00 >> instruction pointer = 0x20:0xffffffff804eb471 >> stack pointer = 0x28:0xffffff803e933a50 >> frame pointer = 0x28:0xffffff803e933a70 >> code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b >> = DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gan 1 >> processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 >> current process = 3208 (httpd) >> trap number = 9 >> panic: general protection fault >> cpuid = 0 >> Uptime: 12h19m9s >> Cannot dump. Device not defined or unavailable >> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort >> >> >> (Typed in manually while reading screen). >> >> What might be the problem? How can I resolve this? >> >> Thanks in advance! > > How old is the motherboard. Check the capacitors on the MB and PSU. The motherboard is probably 2-3 years old, but this problem occured when upgrading from 7.2 to 8.0, and has happened several times the last week. Why should this be a hardware problem? -- Vyrdsamt, Jakob Breivik Grimstveit | +47 4829 8152 http://grimstveit.no/jakob | http://www.google.com/profiles/jakobbg
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