From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 08:04:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB8A106566C for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56FDF8FC12 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2MCX4Yk090104; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:33:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080322073004.0275bd40@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:34:55 -0500 To: "Andy Christianson" , From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <776B93361B7BEE4FAD9E720FFBC746B6BDDB74@34093-EVS4C2.exchan ge.rackspace.com> References: <776B93361B7BEE4FAD9E720FFBC746B6BDDB74@34093-EVS4C2.exchange.rackspace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080322-0, 03/22/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Console Random Text X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:04:14 -0000 At 06:27 PM 3/21/2008, Andy Christianson wrote: >Hello everyone, > > > >I am having a very strange problem. My sever stopped responding in SSH. >At the time, > >a co-worker said he was importing a MySQL database from a USB drive >mounted as ext2fs. > > > >I went back to check on the console, and it was scrolling *EXTREMELY* >quickly with > >apparently random text (it could have said something, but it was too >fast to read). > > > >I could not switch to another virtual console. It would not respond to >any keyboard input. > > > >Oddly enough, the machine was still responding to ICMP. > > > >Does anyone have ANY clues as to what this could be? This is a server >that an entire > >Company runs on, so it's really important that I find out what is >causing this. > > > >Thanks in advance! This FreeBSD community is the friendliest one I've >found yet. > > > >-Andy ICMP will continue to respond unless the system is completely locked up. ICMP is a basic function built into the ethernet interface. I suspect the rest of you system was so tied up, with CPU at 100%. So the random text is whatever the system could still output to the console before being totally consumed. You would do well to try a few things. I would try the import of the data again but do it in two steps. First move the data from the USB drive to the hard drive, and unmount the usb drive. Then try the import from the file(s) on the hard drive. Your system may have had trouble with the usb drive and that caused the system to freeze. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.