From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 16:12:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6EB16A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:12:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E3143D46 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:12:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j3PGCST8067877; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:12:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ECBB161EB; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:12:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:12:27 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050425161227.GD98448@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20050425125455.DB0344BEB1@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050425125455.DB0344BEB1@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! Organization: Me, organized? X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: Fafa Diliha Romanova Subject: Re: It keeps CRrrASHING!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:12:30 -0000 --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 07:54:55AM -0500, Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote: > Hey! >=20 > I am running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE on a Pentium 120. >=20 > Since three days ago, it has been crashing regularly, leaving me with > no choice but to shut it off and back on. I have absolutely no idea what > might be wrong. The server has a lot of free HD space. It ain't > experiencing no overload that I'm aware of. Everything should be smooth. >=20 > Maybe it's the network interface. Or the fact that I just replaced > IPFW with PF. Because this only seems to happen when I surf the net and > download stuff from the workstation behind it.=20 Set the system up for saving crashdumps, as described in =A711.1 of the developers handbook. That might give the developers a better idea what's wrong. Make sure the hardware is OK. There are some old chipsets (RZ1000?) that are a known source of problems. Check the mailing list archives. Run memtest86 to check the RAM. Check if PCI cards are properly seated and if cables aren't loose. If you suspect the network interface, try another network card and see whether the problems disappear. If returning to IPFW fixes the problem, it might well be a problem with PF of with your ruleset. Roland --=20 R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in e-mail public key: http://www.keyserver.net / \ Respect for open standards --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCbRbrEnfvsMMhpyURAoc9AJ95GZx0RYP14DgpgY1DsJkvL6+7QQCeIOpx gGuOrr8DqU+7jObX9RK5p7s= =2oPw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk--