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Hello Steve

Have you tried to access the computer remotely after it crashes? Have you look 
at your dmesg out put?

I recommend that you set your kernel up to save core dumps. This will save the 
core dumps if your kernel has  crashed. 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html

 If you are able to access your computer remotely this would indicate that 
your kernel is not crashing and you have another problem. 

This message should be posted on the freebsd-questions list.


On Tuesday 12 August 2003 10:45 pm, Steve Loftis wrote:
> I recently installed FreeBSD 5.1 and I am completely impressed with it.
> I really enjoy just how it works so well.
>
> My only real problem is this... after my system staying on for a while,
> it just simply quits responding. The screen goes black, the input
> devices such as mouse and keyboard don't help bring it back either. I
> have to press the reset button. Once it goes to the bootloader, the
> keyboard still doesn't work.
>
> So i unplug the keyboard and mouse, and plug it back in while the system
> is off (these are PS/2 peripherals, btw). After I do that, it works just
> fine, but that is until it decides to quit responsing, oncemore.
>
> Any insight into this? I have modified my kernel, but only to add sound
> support. Help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --Steve-0
>
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