From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 31 4:56:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freed.libdns.qc.ca (derby.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C367B15BB3 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 04:55:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spidey@libdns.qc.ca) Received: from localhost (spidey@localhost) by freed.libdns.qc.ca (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id HAA05147; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:55:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spidey@libdns.qc.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: freed.libdns.qc.ca: spidey owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:55:44 -0500 (EST) From: Spidey Reply-To: Spidey To: Nathan Ahlstrom Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Mysterious reboots... In-Reply-To: <19990330154257.D10215@winternet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > Spidey wrote: [snip] > > yes, i do have the splash pseudo-device in my kernel. This could be the > > cause of the reboots. I'll try to recompile a kernel without it. The > > problem is that it is very difficult to test as I don't know which > > conditions to recreate to make the event happen again. We'll see, with > > time. > > Yes, it could be the cause. Several weeks ago some other reported similar > problems and it was determined to the the splash screen code. I thought > that there was a fix put in for this problem, but I am not sure. The fix is in -current? because I'm -stable here... [snip] > > What's this splash device anyways? I put it there to test it and never got > > time to check out the doc or try it in any way... :( > > It can display a pretty picture upon boot up and it is necessary for the > console mode screen savers. oh. But the screen-savers never had need for a kernel option before?! Why now? How can I display the pretty picture? :) When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this I can witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message