Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:49:38 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "j c" <jc8670@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling Issue Message-ID: <44r67wovst.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <29aa29010809060229i6371ca8by11c8b7cd83313e1@mail.gmail.com> (j. c.'s message of "Sat\, 6 Sep 2008 02\:29\:22 -0700") References: <29aa29010809060229i6371ca8by11c8b7cd83313e1@mail.gmail.com>
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"j c" <jc8670@gmail.com> writes: > I've had an ongoing problem of freezing. It happens randomly, i feel, > but sometimes it seems like it happens more under heavy load (but not > always). I've ran numerous tests: memtest, hard drive tests, cpu load > tests, basically most of the tests on Ultimate Boot CD, and they all > finish successfully. Well, i've been able to reproduce the freezing > during compilation of gnash, or one of its dependencies agg. Does > anyone have any suggestions? When you say it is reproduceable, do you mean that it always fails at the same point? If you have a truly reproduceable case, then you could break to the kernel debugger (the procedure is described in -- if I recall correctly -- the Developers' Handbook) and get information that a developer could use to analyze the situation. If it isn't reliably reproduceable in that sense, it's still likely to be hardware, even if software tests have been passing. Heat-related issues would be a good guess; perhaps you can monitor some motherboard temperature values. Good luck. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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