From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 01:03:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9A216A417 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:03:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from smtp807.mail.ird.yahoo.com (smtp807.mail.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.188.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A304513C428 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: (qmail 32795 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2007 01:03:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (thomasjudge@btinternet.com@86.140.28.215 with plain) by smtp807.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Aug 2007 01:03:34 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: et5D4g4VM1nFDBvxAlTI1UrhE8UpGth96BdTI3Ah8ztNgL30 Message-ID: <46D4D421.90602@tomjudge.com> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:04:17 +0100 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ivan Voras References: <200708261948.05750.qpadla@gmail.com> <46D41DAE.5010501@freebsd.org> <46D4A944.5060300@fer.hr> In-Reply-To: <46D4A944.5060300@fer.hr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Repeated UFS panics? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:03:36 -0000 Ivan Voras wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >> By any chance, are there some oddly named directories? I found that UFS >> will panic with a ufs_dirbad if there are some strange chars in the dir >> name. My directories were copied with rsync, from one UFS partition to >> another. It could be the way rsync translated it or the way UFS sent it >> to rsync during read, I'm not certain. I still have the bad file > > I don't think so, except if make installworld generates such filenames, > which I don't think it does. > >> system, corresponding core file, etc. I even ran fsdb on the fs to >> track down the offending directory, and I think I found it. Of course, >> I could rename it in fsdb, but that would remove my test case. I >> stopped debugging it when I got busy, but if there is an interested >> person willing to help be with some debug ideas, I can go back into it. > > On a tangent: has somebody found a way to debug panics from X11 - i.e. > when I detect a panic with the telltale sign that everything including > the mouse stops working, can I reset the video mode from the kernel > debugger (typing blind) and proceed to use the debugger? > > It would be easier to attach a serial console to the system, even if it is in the form of a second machine and null modem cable. The handbook will hold your had if you want to try setting it up. Tom