From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 21:48:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C7F16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:48:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-07.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 593FD43D4C for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:48:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from outsidefactor@iinet.net.au) Received: (qmail 8214 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2004 21:48:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tyr) (203.217.67.1) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 22 Dec 2004 21:48:12 -0000 From: "Chris Martin" To: Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:47:06 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <0tpjs090hg536lkjus9vrkbsn8ikjduk0j@4ax.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcTobvGPuJIxYL4LQEmCXOPfALJCeAAAKROw Message-Id: <20041222214839.593FD43D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem resolution techniques X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:48:40 -0000 > > You should probably re-cvsup the ports at some point to ensure that the > problem wasn't a temporary glitch which has since been fixed. We are pretty on the money about keeping ports CVSUP'd. > >What is a good next step, and at which point do we bug the questions > mailing > >list or the code maintainers? Is there a way for non-developers to get > >useful information about the dump themselves, saving them bothering the > >developers with yet another "it don't work, here are my system settings > and > >installed apps, please help" e-mails? > > There is a FAQ entry which you may find useful: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/advanced.html#KERNEL- > PANIC-TROUBLESHOOTING I will check it out. Thanks for the first step!