From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 06:08:25 2003 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 0CA4837B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:08:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E36543F75 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:08:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jemaxwell@jaymax.com) Received: (qmail 17001 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2003 13:08:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jaymax.com) (jaymax@[66.93.45.209]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 14 Apr 2003 13:08:25 -0000 Message-ID: <3E9AB291.B5698AE3@jaymax.com> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:07:29 -0700 From: Joseph Maxwell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Matthew Seaman References: <20030413222932.BE2D837B422@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SIGNAL 11 ==> core dump 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, 14 Apr 2003 13:08:25 -0000 Hello, Running memtest86, currently as we speak, errors are showing up on the moving inversion test. Now, what criteria should be used for 'tossing' the chips (I have 2-256Mb DIMM), is there an acceptable fault tolerance limit or is it a "ZERO" tolerance? Thanks -- Joe -- > On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 02:05:13PM -0700, Joseph Maxwell wrote: > > > Is there a paid service for solving intermittent FREEBSD problems? Have > > been dealing with some problems [Related to: New MBoard & CPU, Upgrade & > > fsck problem(s) etc] for a long time, that was not really worth the > > time, getting extremely scanty or no responses from list. > > > > Hopefully, there will / may be some on this subject. > > > > Finally got fsck to run to completion, All systems reported clean on all > > partitions. On booting, after device probe ==> > > pid 6 (sh), uid 0: exited on SIGNAL 11 (core dump) > > Apr 12 23 57:13 init /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to > > single user mode > > Enter full pathname or RETURN for /bin/sh > > > > > > Interestingly enough 'shutdown -p now' goes to a reboot and after > > rebooting comes back up with a > > '/ was not properly dismantled' > > > > What is the best method for doing a 'core debug' with BSD. Which is > > SIGNAL 11, is it SIGSEGV? > > Yes --- see /usr/include/sys/signal.h for the mapping of signal names > onto numbers. > > However, for your crashing problem, if you're seeing the system > generate SIGSEGV randomly (ie. not repeatably and at the same point in > some process) then the cause is almost always a hardware fault. It > can be due to cooling problems, in which case the computer will likely > keel over either a short interval after power on or when it's in the > middle of a heavy CPU/memory/disk work load. Or it can be due to > faulty RAM or CPU chips --- sometimes intermittently as you're seeing. > Or it can be that your power supply just doesn't have enough grunt to > drive your machine. > > Hardware fault diagnosis is a black art in itself. If you haven't got > a whole bunch of sophisticated digital analysers and the know-how to > use them, you'll have to fall back on the old "swap out components > until the problem disappears" heuristic. That and apply something > like memtest86 --- http://www.memtest86.com/ --- which can pick up > almost all memory problems. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 187 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20030413/2477e481/attachment-0001.bin > > ------------------------------