Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:37:51 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machine freeze when X starts Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031117093604.25438n-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <3FB774CF.2010901@liwing.de>
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Jens Rehsack wrote: > after I updated my machine yesterday to the -CURRENT src/ and ports/ of > yesterday (2003-11-15 10:30 GMT), build kernel and world as described in > Kirks HEADSUP mail and rebuild all ports, my machine always crashes when > I start X. > > My problem is, that I cannot determine the reason for the crashes, so I > cannot think about a workaround. Any hints are very welcome :-) > > It doesn't matter if I start using gdm or startx from console, the > workstation switches to graphics mode and stops. I can press keys (eg. > numlock) and there're recognized, but it seems no action is taken. I > cannot kill the server using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, Ctrl+Alt+Del didn't > reboot, typing 'reset' doesn't do anything and it's not possible to > remote login to the machine for clean reboot. > > The machine answers ping requests and accept incoming packets. A > webserver is running on it and I can telnet to it, but the 'GET / > HTTP/1.0' isn't answered. Hmm. This failure mode is fairly common when a resource deadlock or lock deadlock occurs in some kernel subsystems. Any chance you can get a serial console on the box so you can drop to DDB and generate some ps and stacktrace output? Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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