Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:42:57 -0600 From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mysterious reboots... Message-ID: <19990330154257.D10215@winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990330162546.3364B-100000@freed.libdns.qc.ca>; from Spidey on Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 04:34:14PM -0500 References: <19990330132206.B10215@winternet.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990330162546.3364B-100000@freed.libdns.qc.ca>
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Spidey <spidey@libdns.qc.ca> wrote: > [I don't know if my reply was sent, but here I lost it so I send it > again...] > > yes, i do have the splash pseudo-device in my kernel. This could be the > cause of the reboots. I'll try to recompile a kernel without it. The > problem is that it is very difficult to test as I don't know which > conditions to recreate to make the event happen again. We'll see, with > time. Yes, it could be the cause. Several weeks ago some other reported similar problems and it was determined to the the splash screen code. I thought that there was a fix put in for this problem, but I am not sure. > There's another thing I remarked, though. It's that it is not a normal > reboot... normally, when the machine crashes (does it ever? :) or when I > reboot, I almost immediatly get the startupt BIOS screen, but when these > crashes occur, I hear the fan and all the box go down 'normally', but > there is a slight pause (say 2 secs.) before the machine restarts. Weird, > I tell ya... > > What's this splash device anyways? I put it there to test it and never got > time to check out the doc or try it in any way... :( It can display a pretty picture upon boot up and it is necessary for the console mode screen savers. Good Luck, Nathan -- Nathan Ahlstrom FreeBSD: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ nrahlstr@winternet.com PGP Key ID: 0x67BC9D19 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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