From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 10 4:48:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1086137B773; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 04:48:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:48:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman X-Sender: green@green.dyndns.org To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: somewhat random mostly-lockups in 5.0 In-Reply-To: <20000409191702.P4381@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > This can happen when the kernel is stuck in an infinite loop > somewhere, you're still responding to interrupts, just stuck > somewhere. > > FYI: > ~ % uname -a > FreeBSD thumper 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Sun Apr 2 16:29:20 PDT 2000 bright@thumper:/home/src/sys/compile/thumper i386 > ~ % uptime > 10:58PM up 7 days, 4:06, 21 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 > > I've been building world, playing mp3s, using fxtv and xmradio. Like I said, it doesn't really have anything to do with what you're doing, it just seems that it has to do with the fact the machine is running at all... > My setup is fine, perhaps you can furnish us with a traceback? These > kinds of lockups are very easy to fix with a traceback because they > just mean that most likely the kernel is stuck in an infinite loop > somewhere. > > In otherwords, unplug your palm pilot and attach a console. I'm going to get my friend to get a traceback and whatever else is possible. He has a laptop and "null" serial cable to use, and he experiences these problems as much as I do; I'll just convince him to keep running the latest -CURRENT and get the serial console working. > thanks, > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message