Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:57:02 +0200 From: Peter van Heusden <pvh@wfeet.za.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unexplained kernel panic on 5-STABLE (now in 6-STABLE) Message-ID: <44E4CA0E.6090003@wfeet.za.net> In-Reply-To: <20060817191821.GB33267@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <44DED670.9050601@wfeet.za.net> <200608141430.38015.jhb@freebsd.org> <44E426E5.2000703@wfeet.za.net> <200608171324.48815.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060817191821.GB33267@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Thanks, Kris. I guess its time for me to go shopping for some new hardware. Peter Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 01:24:48PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >> On Thursday 17 August 2006 04:20, Peter van Heusden wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the advice John. I upgraded to 6-STABLE and just got a kernel >>> panic again. Before I list the dump, I'd like to mention two messages I >>> see in my syslog. Firstly, often I get something like this: >>> >>> kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 151698, >>> size: 28672 >>> > > This can indicate that your swap disk is failing (or you are using a > nonstandard swap setup like swapping to a file); it means that the > kernel timed out trying to read/write from swap. If your disk is > failing this can have secondary effects (like panics) from the failed > operation, since data was lost. > > Kris >
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