From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 22:17:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB86416A474 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (pointyhat.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0198B13C457; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <474B4610.5020702@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:17:52 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris References: <000701c82f89$fb9b40a0$0200a8c0@satellite> <4749FDE0.9030902@netscape.net> <474A9DCD.6020500@FreeBSD.org> <3aaaa3a0711260734tb0a46a3kac3b423bfd89582b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0711260734tb0a46a3kac3b423bfd89582b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tore Lund , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stability of FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:17:44 -0000 Chris wrote: > On 26/11/2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Tore Lund wrote: >>> Ivan Voras wrote: >>>> Dave wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> How stable is FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? Is it near production are their any >>>>> outstanding issues? >>>> Probably no major bugs will be fixed between now and 7.0 so you might as >>>> well start using it now. >>>> >>>> It's "stable enough" like all .0 releases, meaning you should throughly >>>> test it for your own workload before using it in production. >>> Just curious, what is the "official" forum for pre-release discussions? >>> I notice there are some threads on the "current" list, but it seems to >>> me that this is really "questions" stuff, since it is an upcoming release. >> freebsd-stable is probably best. >> >>> In any case, I tried the boot-only CD, and I was not able to install any >>> packages during the install process. Sysinstall aborted with Signal 11 >>> when trying to read INDEX from the ftp site. Pkg_add from the command >>> line seems to work, however, so it looks like I may get online from >>> 7.0-BETA3 tomorrow. >> That is expected, packages are not available until later in the release >> cycle. >> >>> Moreover, wasn't there supposed to be a new install program? I have >>> read some promising remarks about it, but it's certainly not part of >>> 7.0-BETA3. Personally, I would much rather type a long list of commands >>> than use the old, rickety sysinstall. >> One is in early development, but not even complete let alone ready to >> replace sysinstall. >> >> Kris >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Kris can I ask what sort of importance bugs that cause crashes (page > faults) are? > I reported 2 bugs before BETA1 both these bugs involved 7.0 getting a > page fault and of course then stop responding requiring a reboot yet > both PRs have had no response and both bugs are still present in BETA3 > I see minor issues been worked on such as responsiveness in desktop > use whilst issues that cause system crashes are left unattended. Is > FreeBSD primarily a desktop os now and thats the new path? Of course not :P What are the PR references? > Try this. > > Login to twice on ssh. > If not root su both to root. > using the 2nd tty do a watch -W on the first tty. > on the first tty type 'killall watch' > you have now crashed freebsd 7 and most probably a auto reboot timer > is counting down. I can confirm this. > Even typing reboot to reboot the server causes page faults. But not this. Kris