From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 12 19:04:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA09501 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA09496 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA00393; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:04:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Sergei Barbarash cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD box freezing or rebooting In-Reply-To: <199708121418.RAA00343@zaraza.deltathree.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Sergei Barbarash wrote: > Hello, > > I use FreeBSD intensively for about two years now, and I never had this > problem: > > My FreeBSD box at work constantly reboots or freezes on its own behalf. I have > no idea what is the problem. No logs, nothing. > > I changed my RAM recently and tested all the hardware, it appears to be OK. My > question is - are there known unstable portions of 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel which > may cause this sort of problem, or should I check my hardware again? > > (I'm using 2.2.2-RELEASE + XFree 3.3) It's possible. Without any panic output or crashdumps it's hard to say. I would have your RAM tested with a physical SIMM tester (not with Norton, it's check is a joke) and/or disable parity RAM and see how many sig11's you get. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo