From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 15 04:51:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD21016A4CE for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:51:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CEF43D2F for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:51:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6E0CE72DD4; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:51:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 694B772DCB; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:51:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:51:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Rick Updegrove In-Reply-To: <41E7F73E.7000303@updegrove.net> Message-ID: <20050114205035.J27910@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <41E36760.2090609@updegrove.net> <41E7F73E.7000303@updegrove.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ctrl + Alt + F1 always locks up 5.3-STABLE machine ( Was Re:5.3-RELEASE crashes during make buildworld (and other problems)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:51:48 -0000 On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Rick Updegrove wrote: > Rick Updegrove wrote: > > When I finally got 5.3-STABLE built after several mysterious failed > attempts the machine basically runs fine until... > > I try to "Ctrl + Alt + F1" (or any of the F keys) that will now > consistently locks up the machine. > > If I am quick enough with "Ctrl + Alt + Backspace" or > "Ctrl + Alt + Del" (or ssh from another machine) I can at least get it > to reboot without a fsck on startup. Unfortunately, if I am too slow it > hangs indefinitely. I have had to just power it off several times now > and of course it then complains about / not being unmounted properly > etc. etc. > > Yes, this probably contributes to some of my problems earlier but when I > was running make buildworld from single user mode it still crashed and > despite all the help I have gotten here I still have not managed to > capture a crash dump. > > So, I am running 5.3-STABLE (from yesterday) and all my ports/packages > are up to date and if I forget I cant switch to a terminal while I > experiment with fluxbox or KDE I will always lock up the machine. Are you starting xdm, kdm or some other display manager on boot? THere's a race you can lose that will appear to lock up the console if the display manager and getty start up on ttyv0 simultaneously. I usually insert a 5-10s sleep in the display manager startup script to avoid this. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org