Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:28:54 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: vladimir@math.uic.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: debugging lockups Message-ID: <20040304225854.GL43682@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040304201917.GB27377@math.uic.edu> References: <20040304201917.GB27377@math.uic.edu>
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--Cy+5HEalSgyXkpVS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 4 March 2004 at 14:19:17 -0600, vladimir@math.uic.edu wrote: > Following up on my previous post from a couple of days ago with the > same subject (unfortunately I don't have my original email, so this > will probably start a new thread). A -CURRENT system (built on Mar 3, > 2004) frequently locks up when typing "ps" or "w", in addition to when > killing memory-intensive processes. The system locks up hard, and I > cannot break into the debugger from the console, although the necessary > options are compiled into the kernel. Remote debugging over firewire can help you here. Look at gdb(4), specifically the section "Non-cooperative debugging a live system with a remote firewire link". Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --Cy+5HEalSgyXkpVS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAR7SuIubykFB6QiMRAuWgAJ9IQF53s5rxim+7hzOuauFkwVYQmgCfapiG CF1gmYxJ67PxYOcqnu918AY= =zN4K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Cy+5HEalSgyXkpVS--
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