From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 5 16:20:12 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 16:20:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from earth.backplane.com (placeholder-dcat-1076843399.broadbandoffice.net [64.47.83.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F4537B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:20:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by earth.backplane.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eB60JgJ88193; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:19:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:19:42 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon Message-Id: <200012060019.eB60JgJ88193@earth.backplane.com> To: Barry Lustig Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware hanging References: <20001118231633.A85206@evilcode.com> <200011190635.eAJ6ZRS94516@grumpy.dyndns.org> <20001118230305.A83848@evilcode.com> <20001119151138.A7434@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw> <200011192202.eAJM2cG03593@billy-club.village.org> <200011192239.eAJMdDa90818@earth.backplane.com> <200011192308.eAJN8q714360@whizzo.transsys.com> <200011192324.eAJNO1891133@earth.backplane.com> <20001205232913.15317.qmail@devious.lustig.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :VMware is hanging the system in certain cases with 4.2-STABLE kernels, but :works with 4.2-RELEASE. If I config the memory in vmware to 64MB the client :os runs properly. If I set it higher, I get a hung system. When the system :is hung everything seems to lock up except for the mouse. : :At the recommendation of Doug Ambrisko I started building kernels with :4.2-RELEASE sources and added commits one at a time. The place where the :hang starts is after adding in: dillon 2000/11/25 18:55:15 PST (See :below) : :Just as a sanity check I did: Do you know how to break into DDBa and generate a kernel core that I can look at? -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message