Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:02:16 +1000 From: freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au To: Adi Pircalabu <apircalabu@bitdefender.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox crashes and hangs my 6.1R system Message-ID: <200606080102.k5812Gsa074135@app.auscert.org.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:23:46 %2B0300." <20060607182346.0505a0a0@apircalabu.dsd.ro>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi Adi, Thanks for the reply :) On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:23:46 +0300, Adi Pircalabu wrote: > >I tried to reproduce it on two 6.1-STABLE systems but with no result, >file upload works just fine. I have a bad feeling that it's very hard >to reproduce. >On the other hand, did the problem started to occur at a specified >date? Can you link the problem with a world / ports update? Yes, this problem seems to have begun after the upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.1-RELEASE-p1, though it's hard to see the connection. > >Try to reproduce the above described behaviour and jump over with gdb. >Sort of: > >gdb /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/firefox-bin <pid-of-firefox-bin> >(... wait) >(gdb) t a a bt full Excuse my ignorance - I take it I need to o start firefox normally o run gdb as above o invoke the crash situation o then ... ? I'm just hoping that there's enough cpu left to save something at that point! >> options SCHED_ULE # ULE scheduler > >Do you need SCHED_ULE? Try SCHED_4BSD instead, Ff is very picky when it >comes to threads. I probably don't - I added this after reading /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES and it hadn't bitten me until maybe now. I'll recompile the kernel with SCHED_4BSD before I carry on. cheers, -- Joel Hatton -- Infrastructure Manager | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200606080102.k5812Gsa074135>