Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:14:53 -0600 (CST) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diagnosing a reacurring system freeze Message-ID: <20070215161327.C3035@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <f80199c40702151325hdf541b0o36a4d4a469e58128@mail.gmail.com> References: <f80199c40702151325hdf541b0o36a4d4a469e58128@mail.gmail.com>
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> I've been running FreeBSD 6.2 on a computer as a gateway for my (very > small) local area network. Every two weeks since I've got it up and > running, it will completely lock up, seemingly randomly. I would love > to investigate the root of the problem, but I'm not exactly sure where > to start. I'm sure there are many files I should be looking at but I > don't know what they are. Can someone guide me in the right direction? Start with /var/log/messages and /var/log/console and then just anything else in /var/log... look at the entries just before it hangs.. sometimes you'll get a clue as to what is causing it to panic...
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