From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 2 22:32:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF18816A415 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:32:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A5943D8E for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:30:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kA2MUZLe015593; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:30:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:12:32 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <87odrpr48i.fsf@hephaistos.aegaeum.anthonychavez.org> In-Reply-To: <87odrpr48i.fsf@hephaistos.aegaeum.anthonychavez.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611021712.32665.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:30:35 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2151/Thu Nov 2 13:35:18 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Anthony Chavez Subject: Re: Panic on 6.1-RELEASE-p3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:32:08 -0000 On Thursday 02 November 2006 15:19, Anthony Chavez wrote: > freebsd-hackers: > > I have attached the backtraces of 17 core dumps from one of my > machines. I have several deployments of this same FreeBSD version in > the wild, and this is the only machine exhibiting this behavior. > > Initially, the cause of these panics seemed to be related to some > component in the FreeBSD toolchain, as they would occur when > attempting to install a port. net/samba3 was the one we'd usually > test with, but the system would panic with most other larger packages > as well. > > However, the system is panicking at irrgeular intervals, ranging > between 1-3 weeks apart. This is mostly happening in the off-hours > when no human users are actively using the machine, but there have > been 1 or 2 incidences where the machine has panicked during prime > time. > > I would greatly appreciate any assistance that I can get with this. Have you ran a memory checker or other diags to check for failing hardware? -- John Baldwin