From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 03:16:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A8D16B2B2 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 01:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from titania.auscert.org.au (gw.auscert.org.au [203.5.112.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD4A43D48 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 01:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (app [10.0.1.192]) by titania.auscert.org.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5812GuE060163; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:02:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (localhost.auscert.org.au [127.0.0.1]) by app.auscert.org.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k5812Gsa074135; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:02:16 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Message-Id: <200606080102.k5812Gsa074135@app.auscert.org.au> To: Adi Pircalabu from: freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:23:46 +0300." <20060607182346.0505a0a0@apircalabu.dsd.ro> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:02:16 +1000 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox crashes and hangs my 6.1R system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:16:30 -0000 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 >(... 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