From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 19:39:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654A21065672 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:39:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jakob@grimstveit.no) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B89D8FC16 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so603700ewy.33 for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:39:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.97.30 with SMTP id j30mr11413593ebn.94.1260040592107; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:16:32 -0800 (PST) From: Jakob Breivik Grimstveit Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:16:12 +0100 Message-ID: <40a50a8c0912051116v68c97228vf363bfab3af1cf7d@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: fbsd8.0: Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode 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: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:39:10 -0000 I have - after having upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0, started experiencing system unstability, with crashes about every 12-24h. Last time my system crashed, I got the following screen output: Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode couid =3D 0; apic id =3D 00 instruction pointer =3D 0x20:0xffffffff804eb471 stack pointer =3D 0x28:0xffffff803e933a50 frame pointer =3D 0x28:0xffffff803e933a70 code segment =3D base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b =3D DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gan 1 processor eflags =3D interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL =3D 0 current process =3D 3208 (httpd) trap number =3D 9 panic: general protection fault cpuid =3D 0 Uptime: 12h19m9s Cannot dump. Device not defined or unavailable Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort (Typed in manually while reading screen). What might be the problem? How can I resolve this? Thanks in advance! -- Vyrdsamt, =A0 Jakob Breivik Grimstveit | +47 4829 8152 =A0 http://grimstveit.no/jakob | http://www.google.com/profiles/jakobbg