From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 11 13:00:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53366106566B for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jakob@grimstveit.no) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA528FC12 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so966405ewy.14 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.100.168 with SMTP id y40mr835229ebn.28.1260536402263; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B1AE7D2.7050105@bah.homeip.net> References: <40a50a8c0912051116v68c97228vf363bfab3af1cf7d@mail.gmail.com> <4B1AE7D2.7050105@bah.homeip.net> From: Jakob Breivik Grimstveit Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:42 +0100 Message-ID: <40a50a8c0912110459w2eff38c1ue92edfcff621ba00@mail.gmail.com> To: Bernt Hansson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd8.0: Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:04 -0000 On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 00:08, Bernt Hansson 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 =3D 0; apic id =3D 00 >> instruction pointer =A0 =A0=3D 0x20:0xffffffff804eb471 >> stack pointer =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=3D 0x28:0xffffff803e933a50 >> frame pointer =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=3D 0x28:0xffffff803e933a70 >> code segment =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =3D base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =3D DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, d= ef32 0, gan 1 >> processor eflags =A0 =A0 =A0 =3D interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL =3D 0 >> current process =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=3D 3208 (httpd) >> trap number =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=3D 9 >> panic: general protection fault >> cpuid =3D 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? --=20 Vyrdsamt, Jakob Breivik Grimstveit | +47 4829 8152 http://grimstveit.no/jakob | http://www.google.com/profiles/jakobbg