From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 14:27:10 2003 Return-Path: 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 E8C2C37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BEF43F85 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:27:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3DLR6Yk028644 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:27:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h3DLR6ak028643 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:27:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:27:06 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: FreeBSD Users Message-ID: <20030413212706.GA28488@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , FreeBSD Users References: <3E99D109.760DBD0D@jaymax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E99D109.760DBD0D@jaymax.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-38.8 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) Subject: Re: SIGNAL 11 ==> core dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:27:10 -0000 --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 02:05:13PM -0700, Joseph Maxwell wrote: > Is there a paid service for solving intermittent FREEBSD problems? Have > been dealing with some problems [Related to: New MBoard & CPU, Upgrade & > fsck problem(s) etc] for a long time, that was not really worth the > time, getting extremely scanty or no responses from list. >=20 > Hopefully, there will / may be some on this subject. >=20 > Finally got fsck to run to completion, All systems reported clean on all > partitions. On booting, after device probe =3D=3D> > pid 6 (sh), uid 0: exited on SIGNAL 11 (core dump) > Apr 12 23 57:13 init /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to > single user mode > Enter full pathname or RETURN for /bin/sh >=20 >=20 > Interestingly enough 'shutdown -p now' goes to a reboot and after > rebooting comes back up with a > '/ was not properly dismantled' >=20 > What is the best method for doing a 'core debug' with BSD. Which is > SIGNAL 11, is it SIGSEGV? Yes --- see /usr/include/sys/signal.h for the mapping of signal names onto numbers. However, for your crashing problem, if you're seeing the system generate SIGSEGV randomly (ie. not repeatably and at the same point in some process) then the cause is almost always a hardware fault. It can be due to cooling problems, in which case the computer will likely keel over either a short interval after power on or when it's in the middle of a heavy CPU/memory/disk work load. Or it can be due to faulty RAM or CPU chips --- sometimes intermittently as you're seeing. Or it can be that your power supply just doesn't have enough grunt to drive your machine. Hardware fault diagnosis is a black art in itself. If you haven't got a whole bunch of sophisticated digital analysers and the know-how to use them, you'll have to fall back on the old "swap out components until the problem disappears" heuristic. That and apply something like memtest86 --- http://www.memtest86.com/ --- which can pick up almost all memory problems. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+mdYqdtESqEQa7a0RAjukAJwNEXmkD2CfYGfFvVqekFDqoXqzawCfZAFF t3yYBGzUc/0nYG6yEVFCLfY= =HKNv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--