From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 22:47:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 7F4AC16A4D3; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:47:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:47:50 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway To: Steve Message-ID: <20050315224750.GU91771@hub.freebsd.org> References: <2ea37626e35b2f0b32d78cfac908fd2a@clickbuild.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2ea37626e35b2f0b32d78cfac908fd2a@clickbuild.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help diagnosing crash + other oddities X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:47:50 -0000 On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 02:00:03PM -0800, Steve wrote: > Hi All, > > I have had some recent crashes and am trying to diagnose what might be > causing the problems. I'd really appreciate any suggestions or ideas on > where to look for info. > > crash: full on kernel panic. This seems to have been cause by me > stopping and restarting sendmail. I use a shell alias which stops, > waits and restarts sendmail. See [item 1] at the end of this message See the chapter on kernel debugging in the developers' handbook. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe