From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 17 07:26:42 2009 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 CEB9E106568B for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:26:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A148FC08 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAH7QQSE031469; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:30 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Glen Barber Message-ID: <20091117072630.GB16655@thought.org> References: <20091116225850.GA15661@thought.org> <4ad871310911161657y2d9bcf53k176548bdd7bfa825@mail.gmail.com> <20091117032833.GA16284@thought.org> <4ad871310911162028t7bf203cbs6ffa9e9c846380e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4ad871310911162028t7bf203cbs6ffa9e9c846380e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: panic? i386 on dell duo 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: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:26:43 -0000 On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:28:44PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi Gary, > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >> > > >> >        something panicked my dell.  more than twice.  i have loaded, the > >> >        i386 7.2-R Dvd.  the panic was something like > >> > > >> >        PHY#1 > >> >        panic[y/n]y > >> > >> Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? > >> > > > >        no, nada.  i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the > >        datapoint.  it is empty. > > > > Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic. > > > > >> > > >> >        then something about cpu 0 being involved. > >> > > >> >        i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd.  should i try that?  or did > >> >        dell ship me a bad computer? > >> > > >> > >> I'll keep my opinions to myself... > >> > > > >        well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right > >        [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd.   yes, why would any > >        body do anybody else a bad deed. > > > >        here is more complete version of the events of the day. > > > >        my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my > >        new server.  my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. > > > >        okay: i have 7.2-R, i386.  installs fine.   jon horne changed the > >        IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to > >        10.47.0.230.  i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in > >        /etc/rc.conf from ="DHCP" to ="inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255" > >        or something similar.  jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be > >        D=Dynamic but stable.  surely this is right. ---in my old config > >        prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a > >        file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar].  it worked > >        flawlessly.  now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config > >        file in there that makes local IP's stable. > > > > Network configuration "should not" provoke a panic, unless the driver > is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is). > dunno about the driver. doubt it. anyway, busy fixing things while the power stays on! -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php