From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 23:46:22 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 0341D16A449 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:46:22 +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 A60D543D45 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:46:21 +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 7788E1A4D83; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D6DCA51B6A; Fri, 19 May 2006 19:46:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 19:46:20 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Joe Auty Message-ID: <20060519234620.GB660@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060518043629.GA29966@xor.obsecurity.org> <69584008-357B-4B0E-B797-037B67918B93@netmusician.org> <20060519183827.GB96122@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8GpibOaaTibBMecb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: kernel panic on kldload in 6.1 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: Fri, 19 May 2006 23:46:22 -0000 --8GpibOaaTibBMecb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:59:44PM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: >=20 > On May 19, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:54:19PM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: > >> > >>On May 18, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 07:06:59PM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: > >>>>Hello, > >>>> > >>>>A problem I've had since 6.0 remains in 6.1 where my machine kernel > >>>>panics at boot trying to kldload some module (it doesn't say which > >>>>one). It also does not log this panic. > >>>> > >>>>I suppose this isn't terribly helpful information, but if there is > >>>>anything you can suggest I do (including pass this on to an > >>>>interested party), please let me know how I can help =3D) > >>> > >>>It sounds like you have an old (6.0) module you're still trying to > >>>load. Things like the nvidia driver and other ports are prime > >>>candidates. > >>> > >> > >> > >>Hi, I tried commenting out all of the kernel modules in /boot/ > >>loader.conf, and I'm still panicing. I wrote down some of the panic > >>message this time. > >> > >>The code is "superviser read, page not present" > >> > >>the panic output is: > >> > >>panic: page fault > >> > >> > >>Unless you guys have any ideas of things I can try, I'll just file =20 > >>this. > >> > >>Any ideas? > > > >So you claimed originally that it was due to kldloading "some module", > >but now you're still getting the same panic when you're not kldloading > >anything? Can you please clarify exactly what is the situation? > > > >I suspect you're still actually kldloading something (modules are > >loaded on demand for some things): did you boot into single-user mode > >and confirm that all modules are up-to-date? > > >=20 >=20 > I'm getting this error message during boot time, not during manual =20 > loading of modules.=20 As I said, some modules are loaded on demand. Not when booting single-user though. > I'm getting this error message despite disabling =20 > all my third-party modules listed in /boot/loader.conf. I'm assuming =20 > that all modules stored in /boot/kernel are system modules, and it =20 > would be expected that they would all be able to run without kernel =20 > panicing during boot? >=20 > Sorry for my lack of clarity! Where I became unclear was probably in =20 > saying "some module". During boot time, once this panic is spewed =20 > onto my screen, it doesn't indicate which (system) module it is =20 > choking on. The rest of the panic message would have given more details though. > This panic occurred in single user mode under 6.0 too, I haven't =20 > tried single user mode in 6.1 yet.... Kris --8GpibOaaTibBMecb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEbljMWry0BWjoQKURAhNvAKDuk/LCacsO6i5PwQqOsUT5hOkjOwCfUPw2 tfkMviOrC5fwETmilsc4mSc= =TCLV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8GpibOaaTibBMecb--