From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 25 8:19: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BCC037B503 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 08:18:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 28470 invoked by uid 100); 25 Feb 2001 16:18:55 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15001.12399.755092.685808@guru.mired.org> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:18:55 -0600 To: David Banning Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help needed finding crash reason In-Reply-To: <60693166@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Banning types: > I've been crashing - it is related to the use of X. Or netscape. > > I've already upgraded to 4.2 Stable, re-installed X, (3.3.6), > re-installed xfce (3.6.3) and I still have my crash problem. > > It often happens when using netscape. I see my mouse pointer gradually > less and less responsive. Soon after, there is no response at all, > and I have to completely reset the machine. > > Pouring over the mail archives I understand I can set a rc.conf > variable dumpdev="/dev/wd1s1b" (my swap device), > and that will give me something to work with. > Having done this, where do I look for the result? > When I get the result, which is ? - what do I do with it? Look through the handbook on kernel debugging . http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message