From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 01:28:37 2008 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 470FE1065671 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achristianson@orases.com) Received: from server515.appriver.com (server515d.exghost.com [72.32.253.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31E38FC20 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:28:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achristianson@orases.com) Received: by server515.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 5.2.0) with PIPE id 11478743; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:33 -0500 Received: from FE1.exchange.rackspace.com ([72.32.49.5] verified) by server515.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 11478728 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:32 -0500 Received: from 34093-EVS4C2.exchange.rackspace.com ([192.168.1.66]) by FE1.exchange.rackspace.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:35 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:27:46 -0500 Message-ID: <776B93361B7BEE4FAD9E720FFBC746B6BDDB74@34093-EVS4C2.exchange.rackspace.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Console Random Text Thread-Index: AciLq00E9ZbLOaTeR0CPbkQ9zJL6dQ== From: "Andy Christianson" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Mar 2008 23:28:35.0543 (UTC) FILETIME=[48B32E70:01C88BAB] X-Policy: GLOBAL X-Primary: achristianson@orases.com X-Note: This Email was scanned by AppRiver SecureTide X-ALLOW: achristianson@orases.com ALLOWED X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: PRIVATE->UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES X-Note-Sending-IP: 72.32.49.5 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: fe1.exchange.rackspace.com X-Note-WHTLIST: achristianson@orases.com X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: 75 76 122 X-Note: Mail Class: ALLOWEDSENDER Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Console Random Text 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: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:28:37 -0000 Hello everyone, =20 I am having a very strange problem. My sever stopped responding in SSH. At the time, a co-worker said he was importing a MySQL database from a USB drive mounted as ext2fs. =20 I went back to check on the console, and it was scrolling *EXTREMELY* quickly with apparently random text (it could have said something, but it was too fast to read).=20 =20 I could not switch to another virtual console. It would not respond to any keyboard input. =20 Oddly enough, the machine was still responding to ICMP. =20 Does anyone have ANY clues as to what this could be? This is a server that an entire Company runs on, so it's really important that I find out what is causing this. =20 Thanks in advance! This FreeBSD community is the friendliest one I've found yet. =20 -Andy