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Date:      Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:56:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Jeff Miller <jmiller@vr9.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP, Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907161355580.26212-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <378F7023.853D1F0C@vr9.com>

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For me, this has always meant (since it notes a VIRTUAL address) that its
a problem with the drive the swap is on - like if you can bad block scan
the whole drive (like an adaptec bios verify) you might wanna.  Or switch
where you do swap - or turn swap off altogether just to prove or disprove
the point.

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Jeff Miller wrote:

> Help Please,
> 
> My Server has been getting the following message about every
> 30 minutes during the day.
> 
> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> 
> fault virtual address    =    0x10038
> fault code                  =    supervisor write, page no present
> instruction pointer      =    0x8:0xf012ab12
> stack pointer             =    0x10:0xfa96bf38
> frame pointer             =    0x10:0xfa96bf50
> code segment            =    base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>                                  =    DPL 0, pres1, def32 1, gran1
> Processor ef lags       =    interrupt enabled, resume, 1 OPL = 0
> Current process        =    169 (cron)
> interrupt mask           =
> trap number              =    12
> panic: page fault
> 
> 
> syncing disks..
> 
> I keep getting this message and I have read that it could be a memory
> problem
> or something to do with the kernel. I have tinkered with the Kernel but
> only
> removed devices I was sure I didn't have. I have only 64 megs of ram in
> it but
> just purchased 128 megs of ram to put in. The memory chips are SDRAM,
> DIMM
> 
> 
> Sincerly,
> 
> Jeff Miller
> jmiller@vr9.com.
> http://www.vr9.com/
> 
> 
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