From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 18:46:34 2011 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 79D7B1065672 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:46:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dave.Robison@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F46B8FC19 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:46:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sbhfislrext01.fnfis.com ([192.168.249.167]) by SCSFISLTC01 (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p3QHkJs7025261 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:46:19 -0500 Received: from sbhfisltcgw01.FNFIS.COM (Not Verified[10.132.248.121]) by sbhfislrext01.fnfis.com with MailMarshal (v6, 5, 4, 7535) id ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:46:19 -0500 Received: from SBHFISLTCGW07.FNFIS.COM ([10.132.248.135]) by sbhfisltcgw01.FNFIS.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:46:18 -0500 Received: from lefty.vicor.com ([10.132.254.135]) by SBHFISLTCGW07.FNFIS.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:46:18 -0500 Message-ID: <4DB704E9.7000802@fisglobal.com> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:46:17 -0700 From: "Robison, Dave" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110120 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4DB6D082.4020907@inbox.lv> <4DB6D839.3010809@inbox.lv> In-Reply-To: <4DB6D839.3010809@inbox.lv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Apr 2011 17:46:18.0878 (UTC) FILETIME=[D91809E0:01CC0439] Subject: Re: Suddenly lots processes exits signal 11 (core dumped) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: david.robison@fisglobal.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:46:34 -0000 I second the idea that this is a RAM issue. Power down, ground yourself, remove and re-seat the RAM and see if the problem goes away. On 04/26/2011 07:35, Mikael Bak wrote: > C. P. Ghost wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Mikael Bak wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I have a system running FreeBSD 7.3. Its main function is running >>> Postfix SMTP server and a few perl based content filters. Nothing exotic >>> really. >>> >>> It has been nicely up and running approx 150 days when it suddenly >>> starts behaving very strange. >>> >>> First I noticed a converter script failing. It is basically a small >>> shell script that converts a quite big file replacing a few words using >>> sed. The output is mostly damaged. >>> >>> Another problem is that lots of processes exits signal 11 (core dumped). >>> And I need to restart them by hand. See dmesg output below. >>> >>> I know I don't give you guys much to go on. I just want to know it it's >>> possible to find out somehow if some hardware is failing and must be >>> changed. >>> >>> My first thought was overheating. But my collegue went to the site and >>> he said the hardware is not hot at all. >> If you didn't update the OS or the apps, it is almost certainly hardware- >> related. Probably a bad PSU, or bad RAM. The box doesn't have to >> overheat when one of those are degraded. >> > Hi, > Thanks fot the fast answer! > > The OS is regularly updated with "freebsd-update", but only within 7.3 > version. > > The apps are regularly updated with "portmaster". > > So I can't say nothig's ever changed. But I can only say that this is > the only machine I've ever seen behave like this. > > TIA, > Mikael > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c) 510/621-2020 (f) daver@vicor.com david.robison@fisglobal.com _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _____________