From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue May 3 16:08:56 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A91B2C92C for ; Tue, 3 May 2016 16:08:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S5.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s5.hotmail.com [65.55.111.144]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51A9F1A2D for ; Tue, 3 May 2016 16:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP21 ([65.55.111.137]) by BLU004-OMC4S5.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Tue, 3 May 2016 09:07:48 -0700 X-TMN: [2BBI+snFg8bOO+VtyxZAgT5lAtWFkFK1] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? To: Polytropon References: <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> <5725CF38.4090007@hotmail.com> <572752E2.2040708@hotmail.com> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu From: Manish Jain Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 21:37:36 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <572752E2.2040708@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2016 16:07:46.0735 (UTC) FILETIME=[EEC81BF0:01D1A555] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 16:08:56 -0000 On 05/02/16 18:45, Manish Jain wrote: > > On 05/01/16 15:11, Manish Jain wrote: >> On 05/01/16 00:04, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:43:47 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >>>> I reinstalled the whole system using xfce as the desktop. While things >>>> have improved, the system is still not workable. >>>> >>>> 1) The installer 'forgot' to place the boot code on the MBR. I had to >>>> use live CD + boot0cfg to fix that. >>> Use MBR only if needed. Today's preference is to use GPT for >>> partitioning. Compare: >>> >>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html >>> >>> Use MBR only if you have a valid reason as it probably has >>> reached the state of "not supported anymore". >>> >>> >>> >>>> 2) The first time X started, xfce4-panel crashed >>>> 3) The second time, xfce-terminal crashed >>>> 4) The third time, trying to launch firefox rebooted the system. >>> This (and especially the last problem) leads to the impression >>> that there is a _massive_ problem, it's probably not related to >>> the FreeBSD OS, and surely not to installed applications. Are >>> you sure there isn't a hardware problem lurking in the background? >>> Like... starting a web browser reboots the system... this simply >>> sounds totally wrong. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Overall, 10.3 i386 seems to have gremlins in the belly. What do I do ? >>> I have a 10.2 installation on an older Dell laptop, running Gnome 2, >>> no problems so far (but I haven't tried updating it yet, as I'm a >>> big fan of "never touch a running system", a symptom of lazyness >>> and "fat fingers"). :-) >>> >>> >>> >>>> Try some linux distro ? This is exactly what I have been trying to >>>> avoid. >>> Check out PC-BSD or try the Lxde desktop. Maybe you can also >>> settle for a less convoluted desktop, i.e. a window manager >>> that you like. >>> >>> >>> >>>> BTW, does anyone have any idea where can I get Windows XP drivers for >>>> the NE56R laptop ? >>> >From the manufacturer of course. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>>> If nothing else works, XP remains my fall-back option. >>> For offline use that's probably more or less okay. :-) >>> >>> >> >> I strongly suspect some hardware problem, quite possible RAM : there >> is a page fault at boot time and the report is in /var/crash. I am >> running memtest86+ for 24 hours, and will report results tomorrow. If >> memtest86+ detects no errors, I will paste the contents of the crash >> report for some expert to analyse. >> >> Regards >> Manish Jain >> > > I ran memtest86+ for about 30 hours, doing 65 passes. No errors > detected. So I rebooted, but I continue to get page fault and > launching xfce-terminal rebooted the system. I am pasting the top few > lines of the crash report here. If anybody would like the complete > report (something like 2500 lines), please email me separately. If > anybody would further like to have the core file itself (something > like 120 MB), please let me know. > > // core.txt << > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 > fault virtual address = 0x34 > fault code = supervisor write, page not present > instruction pointer = 0x20:0xc0dffdd6 > stack pointer = 0x28:0xf0598720 > frame pointer = 0x28:0xf0598720 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 > current process = 1033 (xfce4-terminal) > trap number = 12 > panic: page fault > cpuid = 0 > KDB: stack backtrace: > #0 0xc0b7be92 at kdb_backtrace+0x52 > #1 0xc0b3c1db at vpanic+0x11b > #2 0xc0b3c0bb at panic+0x1b > #3 0xc10650cb at trap_fatal+0x30b > #4 0xc1065435 at trap_pfault+0x355 > #5 0xc1064b04 at trap+0x674 > #6 0xc104f96a at calltrap+0x6 > #7 0xc105af1f at pmap_extract_and_hold+0x17f > #8 0xc0dec302 at vm_fault_quick_hold_pages+0xb2 > #9 0xc0bfae75 at vn_io_fault1+0x285 > #10 0xc0bfaaf3 at vn_rdwr+0x273 > #11 0xc0bfb066 at vn_rdwr_inchunks+0xb6 > #12 0xc0ad904d at elf32_coredump+0xabd > #13 0xc0b3fe92 at sigexit+0xbc2 > #14 0xc0b4064e at postsig+0x2de > #15 0xc0b8fc28 at ast+0x548 > #16 0xc10505b5 at doreti_ast+0x1b > Uptime: 1m20s > Physical memory: 1854 MB > Dumping 115 MB: 100 84 68 52 36 20 4 > > // core.txt >> > > Any help in getting my laptop to work properly will be greatly > appreciated. Thank you. > > Regards > Manish Jain > I found what is the problem, with the help of Ultimate Boot CD. UBCD says the video memory is corrupt. Does that mean I have to trash the entire laptop, or is there some way to replace the video memory ? Thanks for any help. Regards Manish Jain