Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
Gary Kline wrote: [snip] my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from =DHCP to =inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255 ^^ Can't speak to most of the post but this netmask certainly looks strange. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:23:53AM -0500, Michael Powell wrote: Gary Kline wrote: [snip] my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from =DHCP to =inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255 ^^ Can't speak to most of the post but this netmask certainly looks strange. -Mike probably my error. anyway, it seems that with the IP == 0.230 i ran into much trouble, but when i left it alone at == 0.112, many fewer hassles. i don't understand this. gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
Hi On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like PHY#1 panic[y/n]y Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? then something about cpu 0 being involved. i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did dell ship me a bad computer? I'll keep my opinions to myself... ideas? gary -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: Hi On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like PHY#1 panic[y/n]y Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the datapoint. it is empty. then something about cpu 0 being involved. i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did dell ship me a bad computer? I'll keep my opinions to myself... well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any body do anybody else a bad deed. here is more complete version of the events of the day. my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from =DHCP to =inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255 or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config file in there that makes local IP's stable. anybody know if i'm right? anyway, after my dell was reset to 0.230 from 0.112, things began to fail. i do not know very much about networking or dhcp; just enough to know that if something works, that is a Good sigh! i need to move over my /etc/namedb/* files; i need to set up mail-- dovecot[?]; and lastly, apache22. i've got the files, just don't know how-to make the switch from my 1998 server to my 2009 computer. thanks to all who have read this far. ideas, suggestions very welcome. a severe wind storm tonight may take down my network any time. sooner is better, :-) gary ideas? gary -- Glen Barber -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
Hi Gary, On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: Hi On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like PHY#1 panic[y/n]y Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the datapoint. it is empty. Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic. then something about cpu 0 being involved. i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did dell ship me a bad computer? I'll keep my opinions to myself... well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any body do anybody else a bad deed. here is more complete version of the events of the day. my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from =DHCP to =inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255 or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config file in there that makes local IP's stable. Network configuration should not provoke a panic, unless the driver is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is). anybody know if i'm right? No clue about pfsense anyway, after my dell was reset to 0.230 from 0.112, things began to fail. i do not know very much about networking or dhcp; just enough to know that if something works, that is a Good sigh! i need to move over my /etc/namedb/* files; i need to set up mail-- dovecot[?]; and lastly, apache22. i've got the files, just don't know how-to make the switch from my 1998 server to my 2009 computer. thanks to all who have read this far. ideas, suggestions very welcome. a severe wind storm tonight may take down my network any time. sooner is better, :-) gary ideas? gary -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: panic? i386 on dell duo
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:28:44PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: Hi Gary, On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: Hi On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like PHY#1 panic[y/n]y Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the datapoint. it is empty. Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic. then something about cpu 0 being involved. i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did dell ship me a bad computer? I'll keep my opinions to myself... well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any body do anybody else a bad deed. here is more complete version of the events of the day. my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from =DHCP to =inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255 or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config file in there that makes local IP's stable. Network configuration should not provoke a panic, unless the driver is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is). dunno about the driver. doubt it. anyway, busy fixing things while the power stays on! -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
