From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 7 19:19:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2462E16A478 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 19:19:49 +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 DD1C443D7D for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 19:19:36 +0000 (GMT) (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 63F261A3C1B; Sun, 7 May 2006 12:19:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CCDCD51695; Sun, 7 May 2006 15:19:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 15:19:35 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Robert H. Perry" Message-ID: <20060507191935.GB1976@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060507190603.A5E2B35C10@apollo.gti.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LyciRD1jyfeSSjG0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060507190603.A5E2B35C10@apollo.gti.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic: vrele: negative ref cnt 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: Sun, 07 May 2006 19:19:49 -0000 --LyciRD1jyfeSSjG0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 03:16:46PM -0400, Robert H. Perry wrote: > I received a panic message (see Subject) yesterday following a GNOME > upgrade. The upgrade was successful but I encountered subsequent problems > trying to access Firefox websites and my mail site in Thunderbird. I > noticed a Plugin error message in Firefox and prepared to paste it into a > message to the mailing list but was unable to get a connection and > eventually lost it. >=20 > I reset my modem several times then decided to reboot. First, I re-enabl= ed > my firewall then entered shutdown -r now. Next I received the panic mess= age > and a repeat of the following: >=20 > READ_DMA ad0:Timeout - Read_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA =3D 28162271 > READ_DMA ad0: FAILURE -READ_DMA status=3D51 error =3D= 40 > LBA =3D28162271 Your hard drive is dying. This may have caused the panic as a secondary effect after the read failed. Kris --LyciRD1jyfeSSjG0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEXkhHWry0BWjoQKURAr5RAKDX3qzaIm/MdeBdl/ZT2lAciEg5nACffMfh 7DtuZ1Gq1U5jsGZh+K2zh+o= =Owah -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LyciRD1jyfeSSjG0--