From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 13 12:17:35 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 705DA37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:17:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC88B43EA9 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:17:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from sdn-ap-022dcwashp0415.dialsprint.net ([63.191.161.161] helo=moo.holy.cow) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18MwFL-0001HF-00; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:17:19 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 608E8A4E4; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:20:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:20:08 -0500 From: parv To: Julian Stacey Cc: f-stable Subject: Re: 4.7-release-2002.11.14.02.05.57 - spontaneous reboot possibly related to modem/pccard/ppp Message-ID: <20021213202008.GA2588@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Julian Stacey , f-stable References: <20021213081450.GA897@moo.holy.cow> <200212132008.gBDK8Qm75787@flip.jhs.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212132008.gBDK8Qm75787@flip.jhs.private> 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 in message <200212132008.gBDK8Qm75787@flip.jhs.private>, wrote Julian Stacey thusly... > > parv wrote: > > in message <20021129030155.GA303@moo.holy.cow>, > > wrote parv thusly... > > > > > > so far i had experienced 2 spontaneous reboots on freebsd > > > 4.7-release-2002.11.14.02.05.57 (on dell inspiron 5000e). > > > > curses! this time, computer locked up just after PPP connection > > went out. :( > > > > laptop wasn't connected to AC-mains. i couldn't find anything in > > the logs. last file that was updated was ppp log showing normal > > activity only. ... > Weak batteries maybe ? I had a tower a few years back, where FreeBSD > would guarantee to crash each `mount /cdrom`. i thought about but that doesn't seem likely. when the last lockup happened, one battery was consumed 20%, another battery had yet to be consumed. i verified that by "apm" (just before the lock), and by pressing a button on the batteries themselves. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message