Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:18:30 +0000 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machine freeze when X starts Message-ID: <3FB8E6C6.6020308@liwing.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031117093604.25438n-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031117093604.25438n-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Jens Rehsack wrote: > > >>after I updated my machine yesterday to the -CURRENT src/ and ports/ of >>yesterday (2003-11-15 10:30 GMT), build kernel and world as described in >>Kirks HEADSUP mail and rebuild all ports, my machine always crashes when >>I start X. >> >>My problem is, that I cannot determine the reason for the crashes, so I >>cannot think about a workaround. Any hints are very welcome :-) >> >>It doesn't matter if I start using gdm or startx from console, the >>workstation switches to graphics mode and stops. I can press keys (eg. >>numlock) and there're recognized, but it seems no action is taken. I >>cannot kill the server using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, Ctrl+Alt+Del didn't >>reboot, typing 'reset' doesn't do anything and it's not possible to >>remote login to the machine for clean reboot. >> >>The machine answers ping requests and accept incoming packets. A >>webserver is running on it and I can telnet to it, but the 'GET / >>HTTP/1.0' isn't answered. > > > Hmm. This failure mode is fairly common when a resource deadlock or lock > deadlock occurs in some kernel subsystems. Any chance you can get a > serial console on the box so you can drop to DDB and generate some ps and > stacktrace output? It seems to me a little bit more complicated to setup the serial console, so: yes, I can do it, but not today. Or - if you have a small "quick get DDB to serial console without many trouble", I can give it a quick start. I'll try to do this week. Jens
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