From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 2 14:51:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA29759 for current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA29752 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01279; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:51:33 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199709022151.PAA01279@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: Antti-Pekka Liedes cc: randyd , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serious instability with -current kernel In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:43:41 +0300." <19970903004341.41621@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 15:51:33 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. > > > ... > Thanks, removing the screen saver solved my problem. I had made world > pretty recently, but obviously there was still something out of sync. Obviously, it would be nice to know the exact nature of the problem. Since UP doesn't show the same problems its probably not a simple sync problem. Is the UP kernel you successfully tested with as new as the SMP kernel that fails? If not, could you build one with the same sources as the failing SMP kernel and see if the screensaver lkm then causes it to fail? -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD