From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 10 17:18:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D7310656DF for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1ADC8FC2A for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n2AHIgxJ035441; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:18:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 135F5BA9C; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:18:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:18:42 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Ralf Folkerts Message-ID: <20090310171842.GB28789@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <49B69763.3040108@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E39vaYmALEf/7YXx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49B69763.3040108@gmx.de> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Random reboots with FreeBSD-7 STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:45 -0000 --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 05:37:55PM +0100, Ralf Folkerts wrote: > Hi, >=20 > for quite a while I've been struggling with random reboots of my FBSD=20 > amd64-Box. >=20 > It *always* happens when I'm "in" X; usually while using firefox3. It=20 > may not happen 7 days but then three days in a row. Sounds like hardware trouble. =20 > So, I turn on the Machine (I don't start kdm/xdm), Log-On to a Text-Mode= =20 > Console, run startx. Then I start Firefox and surf to some news-sites.=20 > Them during scrolling in Firefox (it did happen once from Thunderbird=20 > but never e.g. from Netbeans) the screen gets black and the system=20 > reboots. In a very few cases the System didn't reboot but just hang and= =20 > had to be resetted. > In order to get some diagnostic info I connected a serial console to the= =20 > machine -- however, nothing re. the crash/reboot is being displayed on=20 > it. In the few cases when the box hung the serial console was also=20 > unresponsive. The serial console itself is working OK (i.e. the=20 > boot-loader is being displayed as are the boot-messages and also=20 > messages like the drm-ones when starting X and the "root Login" messages. >=20 > I'd really like to get rid of this problem -- however, is there anything= =20 > I can do in such a case? It could be a dying powersupply, or a loose cable. If you have a spare powersupply, swap it out. Or have it tested instead. Sometimes checking if all the cables are connected properly might help. You might want to look into this as well: > pid 1215 (nepomukservicestub), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkm2oPEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVd9wCeLGgUVXU5BC3Q/KDCN3PQ+KY8 GbkAnRKz05XffrCrj8gnbYOVju2l+MmR =8tB9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx--