From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 23:20:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB6DB16A4CF for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:20:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.surferz.net (mail.surferz.net [64.80.52.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B6143D5D for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:20:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marina@surferz.net) Received: from tamiru (marina@localhost.surferz.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.surferz.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id i0R1cEu7026459; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:38:18 -0500 (EST) From: Marina Brown To: Stanislav Grozev , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:58:44 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: <20040127053642.GA10191@octavo.daemonz.org> In-Reply-To: <20040127053642.GA10191@octavo.daemonz.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <04012702040502.00743@tamiru> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD constantly crashing X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:20:33 -0000 On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Stanislav Grozev wrote: > > Hello, > > I have one FreeBSD server, that recently started to behave strangely. > It has been rock-solid for all of its existence (almost 2 years). > Recently I upgraded it to RELENG_4_9 and it started crashing with > kernel panic approximately every 24 hours, but this varies. > I have tried downgrading to RELENG_4_8 and RELENG_4_7 - the same > thing keeps happening. I have also moved the harddrives in a brand > new, albeit identical machine - Duron 800 MHz, 512MB RAM, > Adaptec 29160 Ultra 160 SCSI, two Fujitsu disks in Vinum RAID1. > > Here is the kernel panic: > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0x485974e2 > fault code = supervisor read, page not present > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc01cbfe3 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xc0311854 > frame pointer = 0x10:0xc0311858 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 > current process = Idle > interrupt mask = > trap number = 12 > panic: page fault > > attached are the kernel configuration and the dmesg. > Please, can anyone shed any light on this? I thought it was the hardware, > but I've changed everything except the hard disks - new case, new powersupply, > new motherboard, new processor, new RAM, new Adaptec. > > Thanks in advance. > > -tacho > The answer seems to be in your dmesg. pid 28555 (qmailadmin), uid 89: exited on signal 11 ...that means you have bad ram in your new computer. It's common for computer stores to sell ram that is less than perfect. Replace the ram and you should be fine. Marina Brown > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >