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( [217.206.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q9sm3143117gve.2007.11.29.04.42.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:42:37 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Evans To: Unga In-Reply-To: <289657.30080.qm@web57011.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <289657.30080.qm@web57011.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7Y+XfJLUqO15XUeo+F/4" Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:42:35 +0000 Message-Id: <1196340155.71694.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE always hang X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:42:41 -0000 --=-7Y+XfJLUqO15XUeo+F/4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 03:28 -0800, Unga wrote: > --- Michael Proto wrote: >=20 > > Unga wrote: > > > Hi all > > >=20 > > > I'm using FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on Intel P4 3.0GHz, > > > 512MB Ram computer. > > >=20 > > > Its very irritatingly hangs very frequently, more > > than > > > 10 times a day. Do others find FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE > > > always hangs? I simply cannot use it for any > > serious > > > use, not even to send a mail, other than browsing > > web. > > >=20 > > > I find it mostly when I try to move the mouse it > > > hangs. Upward and downward cursor keys press and > > hold > > > also hangs, but not always. These may be just > > > coincidental. How do I find why it hangs? How is > > the > > > stability of the upcoming 7.0? > > >=20 > > > Best Regards > > > Unga > > >=20 > >=20 > > I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but I'm running > > several 6.2-RELEASE-p8 > > boxes (servers and laptop workstations) for several > > months now without a > > single lock-up. I'd first look into hardware, > > testing memory, testing > > the power supply, and checking CPU/chipset > > temperatures as they have > > often contributed to problems similar to what you > > are describing. 6.2 > > has been working extremely well for me with no > > stability issues that > > weren't related to hardware problems. > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > Thanks for all the replies. >=20 > It may be a hardware issue. This is a more than four > year old computer. Btw, I forgot to mention this is > not a server, its running KDE, trying to use as a > desktop. >=20 > Any one of the hangs do not develop any core dump or > /var/crash/kernel.0 or /var/crash/vmcore.0. Just the > cursor disappear and keyboard does not respond. Only > switch off and on can bring the machine up.=20 >=20 > Are there any hardware analyzing software that I can > run on FreeBSD, so that I could narrow down the cause? >=20 > Unga >=20 Can you verify that the machine is actually dead? Do you have another machine that you can hook up either to a serial console, or ssh into the dead box? Weird X symptoms could lead to an unresponsive keyboard, with the machine running just fine underneath X. --=-7Y+XfJLUqO15XUeo+F/4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHTrO2lcRvFfyds/cRAuIQAJsGIusZIt3RdV7fFqPa89ElOXtkkgCfZ36l WV0mYmWPf27nnjkv/5Yzsg4= =XQsl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7Y+XfJLUqO15XUeo+F/4--