What do I do with a kernel panic's dump?
Right, so I've got my 6.0-RELEASE up and running, and I'm slowly, but surely getting it configured how I like it. 80x50 console, all my favorite programs, life is quite good. However, just recently, when browsing the web, the kernel panicked on me. I was currently just browsing the web in Opera, doing a portsmanager -u in the my second console, with centericq running in 7 and irssi in 8. Since I was in X at the time, I had no idea what it was doing until it rebooted itself. When I rebooted, I found out that it had made a few files in my /var/crash/ directory, how thoughtful. The shorter of the two files read like the following: Dump header from device /dev/ad1s2b Architecture: i386 Architecture Version: 2 Dump Length: 1072234496B (1022 MB) Blocksize: 512 Dumptime: Sat Mar 4 07:27:20 2006 Hostname: alexmax.localdomain Magic: FreeBSD Kernel Dump Version String: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Panic String: vm_page_insert: page already inserted Dump Parity: 3300035405 Bounds: 0 Dump Status: good The other one was quite large, so I will not bore you with the details unless you need them. However, from there, I have no clue what to do with the dumps.. I now ask where should I start looking for problems...or perhaps what information should I give you? Also, while I'm at it, I'm having a few niggling problems with FreeBSD that are bugging me. 1. In certain programs, such as irssi, my alt key does not work. If I run irssi within an aterm, the alt-number combinations work fine. However, if I am using a console, doing alt-number does not work, and instead I must use the Escape key. How do I fix this? 2. My Delete key exhibits similar strange behavior, except instead of doing nothing, it sometimes acts like a backspace key. Thank you in advance. In spite of my troubles, I'm finding my experience with FreeBSD most satisfactory. :) -Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What do I do with a kernel panic's dump?
Alexander Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Right, so I've got my 6.0-RELEASE up and running, and I'm slowly, but surely getting it configured how I like it. 80x50 console, all my favorite programs, life is quite good. However, just recently, when browsing the web, the kernel panicked on me. I was currently just browsing the web in Opera, doing a portsmanager -u in the my second console, with centericq running in 7 and irssi in 8. Since I was in X at the time, I had no idea what it was doing until it rebooted itself. When I rebooted, I found out that it had made a few files in my /var/crash/ directory, how thoughtful. The shorter of the two files read like the following: Dump header from device /dev/ad1s2b Architecture: i386 Architecture Version: 2 Dump Length: 1072234496B (1022 MB) Blocksize: 512 Dumptime: Sat Mar 4 07:27:20 2006 Hostname: alexmax.localdomain Magic: FreeBSD Kernel Dump Version String: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Panic String: vm_page_insert: page already inserted Dump Parity: 3300035405 Bounds: 0 Dump Status: good The other one was quite large, so I will not bore you with the details unless you need them. However, from there, I have no clue what to do with the dumps.. I now ask where should I start looking for problems...or perhaps what information should I give you? Take a look at the FAQ entry titled How can I make the most of the data I see when my kernel panics? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What do I do with a kernel panic's dump?
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Alexander Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Right, so I've got my 6.0-RELEASE up and running, and I'm slowly, but surely getting it configured how I like it. 80x50 console, all my favorite programs, life is quite good. However, just recently, when browsing the web, the kernel panicked on me. I was currently just browsing the web in Opera, doing a portsmanager -u in the my second console, with centericq running in 7 and irssi in 8. Since I was in X at the time, I had no idea what it was doing until it rebooted itself. When I rebooted, I found out that it had made a few files in my /var/crash/ directory, how thoughtful. The shorter of the two files read like the following: Dump header from device /dev/ad1s2b Architecture: i386 Architecture Version: 2 Dump Length: 1072234496B (1022 MB) Blocksize: 512 Dumptime: Sat Mar 4 07:27:20 2006 Hostname: alexmax.localdomain Magic: FreeBSD Kernel Dump Version String: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Panic String: vm_page_insert: page already inserted Dump Parity: 3300035405 Bounds: 0 Dump Status: good The other one was quite large, so I will not bore you with the details unless you need them. However, from there, I have no clue what to do with the dumps.. I now ask where should I start looking for problems...or perhaps what information should I give you? Take a look at the FAQ entry titled How can I make the most of the data I see when my kernel panics? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I took a look at the FAQ. Where can I find the instruction pointer? I could not actually see the actual dump, as it happened while I was in X, and all I'm left with is the contents of /var/crash/ -Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
