Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:12:10 +0100 From: Gerard Milhaud <g@esil.univ-mrs.fr> To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIG BIG problem with Xorg and... something else... Message-ID: <43F085AA.7080600@esil.univ-mrs.fr> In-Reply-To: <20060208141704.GA82564@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <1139346643.43e90cd3266be@webmail.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <20060208003234.GA78303@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <43E9C0D5.4020700@esil.univ-mrs.fr> <20060208141704.GA82564@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael W. Lucas wrote: >On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:58:45AM +0100, Gerard Milhaud wrote: > > >>Michael W. Lucas wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hook up a serial console, and use script(1) to capture any panic >>>messages, etc. That'll give you a hint as to what's going on, and you >>>can see how to proceed. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Thanks a lot for your answer... But how can I use script, because when >>the problem happens, all the processes are frozen and the file script is >>being writing is not saved... >>And which process/command do you suggest I attempt to audit ??? >> >> > >Use script on the machine acting as your console. If it's a Windows >box, hyperterm has a "capture to file" option that will work as well. > > > OK. I've disbaled soft-updates on /. I've sysloged *.info (and therefore *.x where x is more critical than info) to /var/log/all.log. When the X freeze comes, I've no accurate message in my log file... Do you think an external console machine could give me more info ?? >>>It's very hard to figure this out within x11. >>> >>>(Yes, this is a pain, but it could be worse; I'm currently doing a >>>binary search to figure out when, exactly, -current stopped booting on >>>my laptop. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Argh !!! I'm not alone lost at the edge of the road... >>Good luck... >> >> > >No, there are quite a few of us here. Welcome to the cutting edge. :-) > > > Maybe too much sharp-edged for me... Bye and thank you for any idea... -- Gérard MILHAUD École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Luminy (ESIL) Université de la Méditerranée Coordonnées : http://annuaire.univ-mrs.fr/showuser.php?uid=milhaud -- [Détente] Essayez donc mon tireur au sort de citations marseillaises : http://planete-marseille.esil.univ-mrs.fr/les.cgi-bin.a.G/citations.pl
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