Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:04:17 +0100 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Repeated UFS panics? Message-ID: <46D4D421.90602@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <46D4A944.5060300@fer.hr> References: <fas4rs$ur$1@sea.gmane.org> <200708261948.05750.qpadla@gmail.com> <fasnja$np6$1@sea.gmane.org> <46D41DAE.5010501@freebsd.org> <46D4A944.5060300@fer.hr>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >> By any chance, are there some oddly named directories? I found that UFS >> will panic with a ufs_dirbad if there are some strange chars in the dir >> name. My directories were copied with rsync, from one UFS partition to >> another. It could be the way rsync translated it or the way UFS sent it >> to rsync during read, I'm not certain. I still have the bad file > > I don't think so, except if make installworld generates such filenames, > which I don't think it does. > >> system, corresponding core file, etc. I even ran fsdb on the fs to >> track down the offending directory, and I think I found it. Of course, >> I could rename it in fsdb, but that would remove my test case. I >> stopped debugging it when I got busy, but if there is an interested >> person willing to help be with some debug ideas, I can go back into it. > > On a tangent: has somebody found a way to debug panics from X11 - i.e. > when I detect a panic with the telltale sign that everything including > the mouse stops working, can I reset the video mode from the kernel > debugger (typing blind) and proceed to use the debugger? > > It would be easier to attach a serial console to the system, even if it is in the form of a second machine and null modem cable. The handbook will hold your had if you want to try setting it up. Tomhelp
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