From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 13 13:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FEC816A420; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:12:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from g@esil.univ-mrs.fr) Received: from copyleft.esil.univ-mrs.fr (copyleft-smtp.esil.univ-mrs.fr [139.124.44.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A53343D45; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:12:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from g@esil.univ-mrs.fr) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by copyleft.esil.univ-mrs.fr (Texas Instruments TI-58c oldschool stylee) with ESMTP id 4E27A4BC1A; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:12:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from copyleft.esil.univ-mrs.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (copyleft [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26225-01; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:12:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from [139.124.44.70] (pcgm3.esil.univ-mrs.fr [139.124.44.70]) by copyleft.esil.univ-mrs.fr (Texas Instruments TI-58c oldschool stylee) with ESMTP id E59184BC15; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:12:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43F085AA.7080600@esil.univ-mrs.fr> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:12:10 +0100 From: Gerard Milhaud User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050817) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael W. Lucas" References: <1139346643.43e90cd3266be@webmail.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <20060208003234.GA78303@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <43E9C0D5.4020700@esil.univ-mrs.fr> <20060208141704.GA82564@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20060208141704.GA82564@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at esil.univ-mrs.fr Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIG BIG problem with Xorg and... something else... X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:12:31 -0000 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