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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:26:41 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System freezes unexpectly
Message-ID:  <AANLkTik9%2B2MxmTmXd1vfMb_EzVhvKdfj988ipJA9C6Qj@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C7BBBCF.4060904@icyb.net.ua>
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> wrote:
> on 30/08/2010 00:13 dougb@freebsd.org said the following:
>> On 08/29/2010 09:33 AM, Davide Italiano wrote:
>>>> Can you run firefox from xterm and check for any errors that might be
>>>> > =A0generated?
>>>> >
>>>> > =A0Cheers,
>>>> >
>>>> > =A0--
>>>> > =A0Glen Barber
>>>> >
>>> Tried doing this. But no output.
>>
>> Try recompiling the port with the option for debug enabled. That'll get =
you some
>> output. :)
>
> Guys asking questions about firefox, etc, why do you do that? :)
> Did you misread system freeze as firefox freeze?

Because it might hold a valuable clue as to why the system is freezing :).

Also, make sure that you have POSIX semaphores (the sem module, or
`options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES' in your kernel config) enabled on the
system. Some functionality in Firefox depends on functioning POSIX
semaphores.

Cheers,
-Garrett



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