From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 18:49:30 2004 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 6CE8A16A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:49:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3067C43D1D for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:49:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.219] (c-24-1-214-142.client.comcast.net[24.1.214.142]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004111318492301500drkkhe> (Authid: e.schuele); Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:49:24 +0000 Message-ID: <4196568B.5050600@computer.org> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:46:35 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20041109) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Everything randomly generates .core files 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: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:49:30 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Benjamin >>Walkenhorst >>Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:17 AM >>To: Ted Mittelstaedt >>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Eric Schuele >>Subject: Re: Everything randomly generates .core files >> >> >>Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >> >>>You probably have a bad CPU cache on your motherboard. The solution is >>>to use that machine for some Windows system and get a different PC. >>> >>> >> >>While I agree with your diagnosis, it's probably a hardware problem, I >>don't think Windows >>is going to run well on that machine. > > > Perhaps - but since PC's these days are generally warrantied to run Windows, > if that happened, back to the store for a return, eh? Some machines are > even sold with Windows preloaded, if you can believe it - I think a retailer > would have a hard time claiming that a machine that was preloaded with > Windows and that Windows couldn't run for more then 5 minutes on, wasn't a > canidate for a warranty return! > > Of course, we ARE assuming the OP used NEW hardware, not some crappy, grungy > 5 year old discard PC, right? It's running on a Dell Inspiron 5100. I've had it less than a year. Ran windows fine. Ran FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE fine.. 5.3-BETA7 as well. Just started a day or so ago, when I formatted and installed 5.3-RELEASE. I guess some partial failure could have coincided with the install. I did not have the chance to run memtest yet.... but will today/tonight Another thought... assuming its a hardware issue. I would expect it to manifest itself under greater loads such as when building a port. As opposed to sitting idly while browsing the filesystem with xfe. One example is the OpenOffice port.... building that took forever... the entire time the CPU was pegged 95%-100%... but nothing hiccuped. even had xfe up, and while browsing the web. Anyways... thanks for the attention to my problem(s). I'll post the memtest results asap. > > Because if that was the case, then he got what he deserved, eh? > > Ted > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Regards, Eric