From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 20 13:47:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E552F37B424; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:47:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.54]) by ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e8KKo1o44888; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:50:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:50:01 +0200 (CEST) From: "O. Hartmann" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats is this? FBSD 4.1 isn't stable! In-Reply-To: <20000920133507.J9141@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Dear A. Perlstein. Well ... my sendmail is configured to warp lines at 70 characters, I do not know why it is not working. The problem I described is simply not that what I expect due to a hardware malfunction. I already checked all connectors, memory - nothing! There is nothing that seems to be different from a few days ago. Overheating is not on the list of possibilities - due to changing weather conditions its really "cold" herein (about 20 degrees Celsius). But in the summertime I never have had this error - and at this time, the server is not under heavy load. It is strange ... really strange ... Well, on the other hand: it is not ECC RAM, so ... :>* O. Hartmann [000920 13:25] wrote: :>> Today I got a fresh CVSUPdate. The server is running since 5 days non :>> stop without :>> any problem within this time. Then, when I got the last delta files :>> about 4 hours ago, I tried to compile a "new world" - but compilation stops :>> due to an error in some OPIE stuff. Well, this is well known, some stuff has :>> been updated and we catch new stuff in the middle of the update duty on the :>> server. So, waiting ... I did a second cvsupdate and the I tried again to :>> make a world. And what then happened is simply "horror"! First, the compiler stops :>> and reported aome kind of error and SIG 11. Well, SIG 11 is a rar error message :>> on my machine ... but then, a few seconds later, the system reboots - without any warnings, :>> without core dump, without nothing! Well - does this mean stable when I simply compile :>> something and then the machine crashes? I think this is a kind of behaviour that must :>> not happen! I think not to have faulty hardware, because this server runs now for about :>> 2 and a half year without any hardware fault! :>> :>> Is anyone out here who made the same experiences? What happened? :> :>First off, please wrap lines at 70 characters. :> :>The compiler giving "sig 11" problems and rebooting is a sure :>indication of a memory, connectivity (loose connectors) or a heating :>issue. :> :>Swap out the memory, check your cooling systems and make sure all :>your cards and cables are seated correctly. :> :>-Alfred :> Gruss O. Hartmann ------------------------------------------------------------------- ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de Klimadatenserver des IPA, Universitaet Mainz Netzwerk- und Systembetreuung To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message