From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 01:38:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5715716A418 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ms-smtp-02.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0862B13C48E for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-75-87-219-217.new.res.rr.com [75.87.219.217]) by ms-smtp-02.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA61V2kG016328; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:31:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from ammon.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA61c64i003880; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:38:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ammon.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA61c6oZ056121; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:38:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@ammon.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lA61c64c056120; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:38:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:38:06 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Karol Mroz Message-ID: <20071106013806.GA56023@polands.org> References: <472F7BE9.8080807@polands.org> <472F9432.90103@cs.ubc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <472F9432.90103@cs.ubc.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/4677/Mon Nov 5 18:12:39 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0-BETA1 & 2 occasionally freezing, how to diagnose? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:38:51 -0000 On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 02:07:46PM -0800, Karol Mroz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Doug Poland wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been having frequent problems with BETA1 and now BETA2 > > "freezing". There is no diagnostic information, nothing in > > /var/log/messages, nothing, just a hung interface. I cannot ssh > > into the machine and it appears the box ceases to communicate on > > SSH. A couple of times I've had screen corruption on the laptop's > > LCD display. > > > > Every time it hands I'm running Xorg 7.3, Thunderbird, Firefox, > > pidgin, and a bunch of xterms. > > > > Is there something I can do to diagnose this issue? > > > > Have you just migrated to CURRENT? Was this machine running fine under > STABLE? > I moved from 6.2-STABLE to 7.0-BETA using cvsup. I may had an infrequent problem in the 6.2-STABLE days, but I can't recall with certainty. > I had similar problems with a desktop of mine that was running 6.2. > Every now and then (sometimes days in between) it would freeze in X, > corrupt the screen, or at times would just reboot. There was no warning > and nothing of worth in any log files. > pretty much my experience here, except I have a laptop. > I had a feeling it might have been my video card, so after taxing it > really hard with gl apps and noticing artifacts on the screen, I > replaced the card. The system ran well for a few weeks, but the > problems persisted. Thought at this point it could be faulty ram, so > ran each half-gig stick on it's own until the next failure. Both > sticks showed failures. So then I moved the sticks out of slots 1,2 > and into 3,4... that was 4 months ago and all is well. > I suppose I could run memtest, although the RAM in this laptop was replaced in July (now running 4GB). > I guess what I'm aiming at here is that this could be a hardware issue > which can be a pain to diagnose. > Thanks for the suggestion. -- Regards, Doug