From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 18 2:51:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EB0237B401 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:51:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2868043E3B for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:51:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAIApgYM085246; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:51:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAIApfN1085245; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:51:41 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:51:41 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Barney Wolff Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Message-ID: <20021118115141.C85169@freebie.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021117185144.T30747-100000@fubar.adept.org> <20021117232748.I23359-100000@hub.org> <20021118034432.GA82792@tp.databus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021118034432.GA82792@tp.databus.com>; from barney@tp.databus.com on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:44:32PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:44:32PM -0500, Barney Wolff wrote: Can this bikeshed be painted on -chat please? > Er, other than send-pr? Is the complaint that things don't get fixed > quickly enough? Compared to what other real-world OS? > > I may be misremembering, but as I recall one of the symptoms was a > reboot with no panic. I don't mean to be insulting, but are you quite > sure that power is not involved? I see things like that when my > UPS battery has gone bad, and any slight dip in line voltage causes > the UPS to switch but the battery gives nothing. And I can't count > the number of times I've had power hits in a telco server room. I > apologize in advance if I've confused your problem with somebody else's. > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 11:29:05PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > You have missed everything I've written, haven't you? The server(s) > > crashing does not bother me ... IMHO, if I can cause it to crash, and > > someone can fix it, someone else won't be affected ... > > > > What I *want* is some useful mechanism for getting such bugs addressed so > > that they don't repeat ... > > -- > Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf > I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message