From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 2 15:22:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA01642 for current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:22:42 -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 PAA01558; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:21:37 -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 QAA01474; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:21:32 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199709022221.QAA01474@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: Antti-Pekka Liedes cc: current@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: serious instability with -current kernel In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Sep 1997 01:10:54 +0300." <19970903011054.02248@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 16:21:31 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, A user reported: >> 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 >> have was build on Aug 11th, all kernels after that crash randomly after >> about 2 minutes of use. There's no error message or anything, just plain [ we narrowed the problem down to screensaver lkm ] > It seems to be ok now. I made all lkms from source-tree and installed > them. Then I loaded screensaver lkm as in boot and it seems to work. I > guess my make world wasn't clean or something. A boot with it enabled will be necessary to be definative, it could be a problem with the point in time that it first comes alive. Given that the same UP kernel has no problems this is a distinct possibility. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD