Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:06:36 -0500 From: Ken Wills <kenwills@tds.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Vinod <geekvinod@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot at night Message-ID: <20020425230636.A30606@zaptillion.net> In-Reply-To: <3CC87069.9020304@potentialtech.com>; from wmoran@potentialtech.com on Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:08:57PM -0400 References: <20020425205415.12704.qmail@web21103.mail.yahoo.com> <3CC87069.9020304@potentialtech.com>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +++ Bill Moran [25/04/02 17:08 -0400]: > Vinod wrote: > > i had this question a month ago but didnt get any > > solutions yet.my dual boot(fbsd 4.5 release and win2k) > > dell dimension 4300,strangely boots at around 3:20 am > > everyday.the /var/log/messages shows it up just as a > > normal boot.nothing unusual.its not a power problem > > too as the boot problem doesnt occur if its loaded up > > and kept with win2k. >=20 > Does /var/log/messages show "/ was not proprely dismounted"? > If so, that indicates that a panic may have occurred, you > could set the various settings to capture a crash dump in > rc.conf and see where it's crashing from. > However, if my memory serves correctly, 4.5-RELEASE had > an elusive filesystem bug in it that affected just enough > people to be annoying, but too few to be diagnosed and > fixed quickly. 3:30 AM is about when certain automatic > system maintenance should be running, and that's probably > running the disk rather hard, causing the panic. > The filesystem problem has been fixed, read the handbook > and upgrade your system to 4.5-STABLE. I'd be willing to > bet the problem will go away. If it doesn't, configure > the system to collect crash dumps and see if you can > collect enough information to file a problem report. > Actually, it's a good idea to have your system configed > for crash dumps no matter what. >=20 I had this problem a few weeks ago - the only clue was a cryptic remark from gdm (Gnome version of xdm) early in he morning, then the normal boot output. This would happen at least every two days. Switching back to xdm solved the problem. Not saying that this is your problem - but it had me stumped for quite a while... Ken --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8yNJMXkakpV+FNFoRAvtEAJsF1eg5O96BseoM0As0q51imveddQCeIMLA TZcwjFNOpDE0Ql8uzRh0hJs= =IA0v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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