From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 2 14:44:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA29411 for current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:44:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hutcs.cs.hut.fi (hutcs.cs.hut.fi [130.233.192.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA29406 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from apl@localhost) by hutcs.cs.hut.fi (8.8.5/8.7.3) id AAA09992; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 00:43:41 +0300 (EET DST) Message-ID: <19970903004341.41621@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 00:43:41 +0300 From: Antti-Pekka Liedes To: Steve Passe Cc: randyd , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serious instability with -current kernel References: <340C7A1D.473E47CD@nconnect.net> <199709022127.PAA01169@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199709022127.PAA01169@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>; from Steve Passe on Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 03:27:12PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 03:27:12PM -0600, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'm running FreeBSD-current on my Tyan Tomcat IIID dual pentium box, and > > > I've lately had serious instability problems. The latest working kernel I > > ... > > I've noticed similar behavior, but I spend most of my time running X and > > don't > > notice it there. Try disabling moused and any screensaver you have in > > your > > /etc/rc.conf. A while back the daemon saver did this to me. Turning it > > off, > > eliminated the problem. > > this points to out of sync lkms, or possibly some problem we've introduced > recently concerning lkms. try the above suggested fix (removing all lkms) > to see if this makes a difference. If it does, a make world may be in order. > Thanks, removing the screen saver solved my problem. I had made world pretty recently, but obviously there was still something out of sync. > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > -- Antti-Pekka Liedes * apl@IRC * In two hells there's JMT 6 B 406 * apl@iki.fi * one hell too many 02150 ESPOO * apl@apocalypse.tky.hut.fi * - Lucifer +358 - 9 - 468 3121 * +358 - 40 - 5873 593 * (in God's Army)