From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 16 10:59:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE4B156B2 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:59:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA27298; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:56:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:56:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: Jeff Miller Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP, Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode In-Reply-To: <378F7023.853D1F0C@vr9.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message