From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 08:04:03 2010 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 63150106566C for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:04:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB488FC16 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 81-187-76-165.infracaninophile.co.uk (81-187-76-165.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1183pcB074644 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:03:57 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk o1183pcB074644 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1265011437; bh=30ADB0UkkMVW1EMp2LYEgyx3WFsiR2y8NbHrz3fB2kw=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B668AE8.5000003@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20M on,=2001=20Feb=202010=2008:03:52=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(Macintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac= 20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-GB=3B=20rv:1.9.1.7)=20Gecko/20100111=20Thu nderbird/3.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd .org|CC:=20Jerry=20|Subject:=20Re:=20System=20Cr ash=20+=20Firefox-3.5.7|References:=20<20100131151416.3717c325@sco rpio.seibercom.net>|In-Reply-To:=20<20100131151416.3717c325@scorpi o.seibercom.net>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.0|Content-Type:=20text/pl ain=3B=20charset=3DUTF-8|Content-Transfer-Encoding:=207bit; b=QqBzic94s3LntLMu53dEK1QsQxt+cndQ4jYiKf6S7/4hn8Wx+dpXItKr37o1zkgzP xF9vqEabVXTRd8MCoU+jiicazdt6Jnma8UlF/ZG026QVULXSPWeSyPfbxW29JdclMc lsbbgnvR3CZRLCEzi0teyrwOc9SA+eMvahIMERXs= Message-ID: <4B668AE8.5000003@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:03:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100131151416.3717c325@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20100131151416.3717c325@scorpio.seibercom.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED, FH_HELO_EQ_D_D_D_D, HELO_DYNAMIC_IPADDR2, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_FAIL, TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Subject: Re: System Crash + Firefox-3.5.7 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: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:04:03 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31/01/2010 20:14, Jerry wrote: > I have been experiencing one or two system crashes a day for over a > week now. For no apparent reason, when starting Firefox, the system > will freeze for approximately 10 seconds or so, then reboot. This does > not happen every-time. It seems to happen maybe every third or forth > time, although that is not a proven fact. The /var/crash directory is > starting to fill up with crash files -- bounds, vmcore.x info.x and I > have no idea what to do with them. Can I just delete them or is there > somebody who investigates these spontaneous crashes/reboots. This is > happening on a FreeBSD-7.2 machine. Well, unless those files are being used to debug the crashes you're experiencing, then they're pointless. If you're not going to send-pr or bring them to the attention of a developer some other way, you might as well delete them and recover the disk space. Even if you have raised a ticket, there's little or no reason to keep a whole string of crashdumps all showing the same problem. To report this via the PR system, use send-pr(1) and attach the info.x file: this should have sufficient information in it for a developer to start to work on the problem, but they may need you to run a debugger on the kernel image, so keep hold of all the related files while the PR is still active. You should get a response to your PR within a few days, but a fix might take a bit longer. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktmiugACgkQ8Mjk52CukIz6jgCfdQ4G8jxpjCpBMFYyfEXk9qb2 viwAn2n/hIz1QIGNeQxXELOqRVZra6xz =KqM2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----