From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 28 20:59: 6 2003 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 9899B37B401; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:59:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from snickers.hotpop.com (snickers.hotpop.com [204.57.55.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949FB43F85; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:59:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by snickers.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FD34728DB; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 04:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A537B1800C6; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 04:58:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:00:31 -0600 From: kitsune To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic question Message-Id: <20030228180031.36d416ab.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030228160755.4e34ba4b.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > If you want help with this kind of problem, you need to supply > evidence. Otherwise people won't bother to help. We don't even know > what version of FreeBSD you're talking about here. Sorry about that. FreeBSD 4.7 and did not have a pen and paper around at the time. > In general, if you get a panic, you need to provide a dump to find out > what's going on. For it to be any use, you should ensure that you > have a kernel with debugging symbols. There used to be a section on > this in the handbook, but I can't find it any more. There's stuff in > the upcoming edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", but it won't be out > soon enough to help you, so I've put a condensed version up at: > > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.txt (ASCII) > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.ps (PostScript) > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.pdf (PDF) > > This is pretty rough, but it should give you an idea of what to do. > If you find anything wrong with the text, please let me know. > > Don't count on a dump being enough. Check your log files for any > messages which might help. And remember, the more work you do to help > people help you, the more likely you are to get help. Where would I find those log files at? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message