From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Sep 20 13:36:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EDCE37B424; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:36:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e8KKZ8914257; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:35:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:35:08 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "O. Hartmann" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats is this? FBSD 4.1 isn't stable! Message-ID: <20000920133507.J9141@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 10:26:16PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message