From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 15 22:18:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C753416A401 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B9B13C442 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C1891A3C1A; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:18:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EAFAB51426; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:18:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:18:50 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Ross Penner Message-ID: <20070215221850.GA44240@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diagnosing a reacurring system freeze 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, 15 Feb 2007 22:18:51 -0000 On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 02:25:22PM -0700, Ross Penner wrote: > Hi mailing list. > > 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? See the chapter on kernel debugging in the developers handbook. Kris