Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:28:30 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unstable /kernel Message-ID: <19991229142830.B49613@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19991229182917.00773478@idx.com.au> References: <3.0.32.19991229182917.00773478@idx.com.au>
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Danny wrote:
> - Running FreebSD 3.3
> -Running KDE (one that comes with 3.3)
> -Running a P166
> - Had to reinstall FreeBSD
> -How come ocassionally get:-
>
> "Fault Trap 12 in kernel code"
I see this a lot - I'm suspecting it's a dodgy motherboard in my case
(I swapped the RAM with that from another machine, and the problems
persisted, while the other machine continued to have no problems). I've
ordered a new motherboard - and guess what, as soon as I ordered the new
board, the problems have gone away. I suspect Murphy^WSod's law is in
action.
This is almost certainly a hardware problem, not a FreeBSD problem. If you
can get a kernel dump that shows it is a FreeBSD problem, that would be a
different matter.
> 1)what exactly is the problem with FreeBSD 3.3?
> 2)How can I solve the problem?
Get better hardware. :-) First try the RAM (swap with the RAM from
another machine if possible), if that doesn't work, something else is
wrong.
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