Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:22:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange things going on with 4.8 Message-ID: <20030810151936.Q69012@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200308102227.51564.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200308102227.51564.dgw@liwest.at>
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Daniela wrote: > I'm having problems no end on my 4.8-STABLE box, and I hope you can help me. > > My processes get lots of signals (mostly 6, 10 and 11), and my kernel dumps > core very often. I have the core dumps from the 4 latest crashes. See > attachment for more info. > Notice the common values for IdlePTD and initial pcb. Does this mean anything? Not particularly ... These types of problems are generally caused by: 1. Bad memory 2. Overheated processor, or some similar CPU fault 3. Bad memory > 1) Some time ago KDE was hanging in disk wait state forever. 'inode'? > 2) When rebuilding the world, make sometimes fails, but when I retry, it > either works, or fails elsewhere. I have not seen this on -STABLE, only on > 5.0-RELEASE (on the same computer). 5.0-R isn't very representative. You'd have to check against -current. > I have already tested the memory (no errors). There weren't any problems with > 4.6-RELEASE on my old box. How did you test the memory? Generally short of using a hardware SIMM tester its very difficult to identify bad modules. memtest86 run over the period of several hours can sometimes work. BIOS "tests" don't count. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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