From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 17:19:10 2007 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 94B4216A477 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kellymartin@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B6B13C4BE for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kellymartin@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so475023rvb for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:19:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=natotBXeNQLBA35Pi42DwgCx/mtMVN2P5e1Ap9Shq24=; b=bN5wtUOSCuE1gjzDuaeNgiLy3HGXYiyZhdJtUr3UbRVzWG3UpHQvHd/PCjP7wkT5wuYAP6xA0Vmf5F8a6VFITbXtGz5NNYTbiLNt6bb1KfWVtsLjQf8cctSSnKi2g6Z9uZROasx6Kpg9OU8ORIb8+BhPRlJhHjDf2WNifOFmCwQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=mTu2kj/NgOO5I/pFzOXHqXO5gbinDNMN5Xy6hL4uDANONkpfAS/gmdlIwBBH6MKmbn9Q6SJMmfXEQT7QYugmbPHNLC93d0qDor8FuzX0/Gjrtj1fTe7Q+s4d/s+NR5lyTPTySChMDA7W0FxAaTD3lRCLGwIdTY7o/5bu6gO+KAw= Received: by 10.141.114.21 with SMTP id r21mr1066435rvm.1194627296299; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:54:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.142.10 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:54:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1338880b0711090854n1294d607u8bb0c37006f02bb9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:54:56 -0700 From: "Kelly Martin" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: recurring kernel panic 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:19:10 -0000 I'm getting daily kernel panics. The server was running fine for about a month, the only changes I've made recently have been to update all my ports. It's running on older i386 hardware, no special devices attached. Here's the console message I'm getting (copied by hand): ----- Fatal trap 30: reserved (unknown) fault while in kernel mode cupid =3D 0; apic id =3D 00 instruction pointer =3D 0x20:0xc0b41129 stack pointer =3D 0x28:0xd0225cd8 frame pointer =3D 0x28:0xd0225cd8 code segment =3D base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b =3D DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags =3D interrupt enabled, IOPL =3D 0 current process =3D 10 (idle: cpu0) trap number =3D 30 panic: reserved (unknown) fault cupid =3D 0 Uptime 19h28m38s Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Automatic reboot in 15 seconds =96 press a key on the console to abort Rebooting=85 Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown ----- A few questions to help diagnose: (1) how do I use my hard disk as a dump device for these kernel panics? (2) why does the "keyboard reset" not work, leaving the panic'ed machine hanging indefinitely? (I've tried two different PS/2 keyboards... no luck) (3) any other information I can provide, such as ports I have installed? I am running FreeBSD my.server.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 (with all security patches except FreeBSD-SA-07:03.ipv6)