Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 23:55:37 +0100 From: Philipp Ost <pj@smo.de> To: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Firefox and Thunderbird freeze system causing a reboot Message-ID: <98722d14-a15c-4538-9a68-66f625300b10@smo.de> In-Reply-To: <95d609a3-87ce-7432-d5eb-a59f0d8cbbee@FreeBSD.org> References: <087cf5ee-186a-41ee-93ed-154588964d41@smo.de> <95d609a3-87ce-7432-d5eb-a59f0d8cbbee@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Sean, thanks for your tips, very helpful! Am 17.11.2024 um 18:37 schrieb Sean C. Farley: > Various things to consider: > - Run MemTest86 on your system for a few passes to make sure your memory > is stable. If you undervolt too much, this will fail. However, it > could be a sign of bad memory or not enough current to the Memory > Controller (MC). The highest level of XMP for my memory will knock > the voltage of the MC to a low level causing major system instability. I ran MemTest86 for several passes and no errors were reported. The machine wasn't overclocked or undervolted. > - I doubt it is the act of Firefox or Thunderbird dying that is causing > the system to crash. They could be tickling something to cause that > such as a driver. As indicated in my reply to Pete, I decided to replace the machine after it began exhibiting failures to boot properly after problems with the BIOS occured. [...] > - Check in /var/crash for any panics. That could be why it takes a > couple of minutes to reboot; it is writing the panic to disk. > > - Enable crash dumps in /etc/rc.conf. See rc.conf(5) and dumpon(8) for > information. Crash dumps were enabled, but never got written to disk (Swap on ZFS is a bad idea). In any case, there wasn't any disk activity when this problem occured, that's what puzzled me the most. Best Philipp
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