From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 07:18:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBF31065674 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:18:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdquestions.8c5a2e@mired.org) Received: from mired.org (five.mired.org [66.92.153.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF22C8FC20 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:18:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdquestions.8c5a2e@mired.org) Received: (qmail 63695 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Jul 2008 02:51:09 -0400 Received: from bhuda.mired.org (bhuda [192.168.195.1]) by bhuda (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:51:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:51:08 -0400 To: "Aggelidis Nikos" Message-ID: <20080713025108.3839d97e@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <30fc78250807122309r21ea625dn58c93ac7d1f3c345@mail.gmail.com> References: <30fc78250807122309r21ea625dn58c93ac7d1f3c345@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Meyer Consulting X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: weird restarts when compiling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:18:18 -0000 On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:09:09 +0300 "Aggelidis Nikos" wrote: > Hi to all the list, i 've been using FreeBSD for almost a month ,and i > have this weird problem. Sometimes when i try to compile a program the > computer will hard-reset itself, like someone pulled of the plug... > For example yesterday i was trying to install jdk1.6 + eclipse, and > while i was compiling eclipse {more precisely -if i remember > correctly- the "diablo-jdk" needed for eclipse} the computer rebooted > itself. > > The load of the computer was: 2-3xterms, 1 Konversation irc client > ,several opera9.51 windows, 1-2 konqueror windows, and 1-2 Firefox > widows. I have a dual core box with 2GB of memory and i use freebsd7 > 32bit. The computer was online for 8hours with almost the same load > {minus the compilation-procedure}. > > * Has anyone had problems like this? Yes. It's always turned out to be flaky hardware for me. > * What can i do to investigate a bit more what was the situation > before the restart? Look through /var/log/messages. > * Is there anyway to solve this problem. Well, you really can't "solve" it, so much as troubleshoot it. Make up a list of possible causes, and then start checking each possible cause. You haven't given any real information about the system or the problem, so we can't eliminate anything. My top suspects would be the PSU (old or inadequate) and CPU (overheating or overclocked). Memory and the I/O subsystem would be next, but they tend to cause random process failure rather than system shutdowns when they go flaky, so I'd try them last. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org