On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 08:06:55PM -0800, ron minnich wrote: > hmm. So the trap is always E (page fault), but is it always 9? It > always says page fault: 9? > > Usually when I've had this problem, which you seem to be getting some > time after processes are running, it's been problems with caches not > being flushed correctly after context switch, and thus processes > returning from kernel mode with a stack which is some other procs > stack. Or the tlb flush failing which can result in similar issues. > I'm hardly the expert here however. > > Any chance you can get this on serial console? It might help. > > thanks > > ron
Hi Ron, I will try to get it on serial console, but I've never attempted it before. My knowldge of such (and Plan 9) is scant at v. best. But I'm keen to install Plan 9 and keen to learn. >From research on the net I understand I would need to connect to another >computer with a null modem, is this correct? I have another i386 PC . The >other PC has Win XP installed and nothing else. Do you have some tips on how >to proceed or links to a website that has a tutorial on it. Any suggestions? Very grateful for your help so far. Regards, Alasdair
