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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>
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Michael W. Lucas wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:58:45AM +0100, Gerard Milhaud wrote:
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>>Michael W. Lucas wrote:
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>>>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.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>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 ???
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>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.
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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...
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>No, there are quite a few of us here.  Welcome to the cutting edge.  :-)
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Maybe too much sharp-edged for me...

Bye and thank you for any idea...


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