From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 2 13:35:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA26094 for current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [207.227.50.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA26085 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nconnect.net (arabian.microxp.com [207.227.65.13]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA00343; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:41:17 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <340C7A1D.473E47CD@nconnect.net> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 15:42:05 -0500 From: randyd Organization: Computer Specialists X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02b7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antti-Pekka Liedes CC: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: serious instability with -current kernel References: <19970902230144.44442@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Antti-Pekka Liedes wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD-current on my Tyan Tomcat IIID dual pentium box, and > I've lately had serious instability problems. The latest working kernel I > have was build on Aug 11th, all kernels after that crash randomly after > about 2 minutes of use. There's no error message or anything, just plain > reboot. The problem might be network related, it hasn't crashed if I > haven't had any network connections yet. The Aug 11th kernel works fine. > I made world from fresh sources today. > > Other hardware includes AHA-3940U, Matrox Millennium, and SMC EtherPower > 10/100. I've noticed similar behavior, but I spend most of my time running X and don't notice it there. Try disabling moused and any screensaver you have in your /etc/rc.conf. A while back the daemon saver did this to me. Turning it off, eliminated the problem. --- Randall D DuCharme Systems Engineer Novell, Microsoft, and UNIX Networking Support Computer Specialists BSDI Internet Success Partners 414-253-9998 414-253-9919 (fax) BSD/OS Authorized Resellers