From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 10 19:08:14 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 7586D1065676 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.folkerts@gmx.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4CC88FC13 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.folkerts@gmx.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2009 19:07:49 -0000 Received: from dslb-094-218-247-145.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [10.0.0.24]) [94.218.247.145] by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 10 Mar 2009 20:07:49 +0100 X-Authenticated: #18511927 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18gsQh46LMgiWIKwvwehnz9Rk7zfeplI4aFp64EAG 28srAGq+E1h7VM Message-ID: <49B6BA83.4030308@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:07:47 +0100 From: Ralf Folkerts Organization: Wohnzimmerrechenzentrum User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Smith References: <49B69763.3040108@gmx.de> <20090310171842.GB28789@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090310171842.GB28789@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.53 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 19:08:14 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: Hi Roland, thanks for your reply! [...] >> It *always* happens when I'm "in" X; usually while using firefox3. It >> may not happen 7 days but then three days in a row. >> > [...] > Sounds like hardware trouble. > > 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. > Well, when the System crashed the 2nd or 3rd time I did reset all Connectors and RAM. I might try another PS, though. However, as mentioned, the same machine runs nicely with Kubuntu 8.10/amd64. Now, I do know this is is everything but a "proof" that the Hardware is OK; however, to me this is is kind of "indicator" that the problem might be lying "more" on the FreeBSD-side than on the Hardware-side. I did run Kubuntu for I think ~3 weeks w/o any Problems; I also use KDE 4 on Kubuntu, Firefox 3, Thunderbird, ... on Kubuntu. When booting into FreeBSD the System dies ~2 times/week (as mentioned, it might run 5 days in a row w/o trouble and then crash every day or even several times/day for a fews days). > You might want to look into this as well: > > >> pid 1215 (nepomukservicestub), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) >> Well, that seems to be Strigi; it doesn't run on Kubuntu, too (but it does run fine on Gentoo). However, I might/should turn Nepomuk off completely. Wanted to give the Semantic Desktop try but it seems it's not ready for me, yet ;-) Thanks again; as mentioned I will swap PSs (have an identical one in another machine) - however, I'm afraid this won't solve the crashes/reboots :-( Cheers, _ralf_