Ctrl + Alt + F1 always locks up 5.3-STABLE machine ( Was Re:5.3-RELEASE crashes during make buildworld (and other problems))
Rick Updegrove wrote: When I finally got 5.3-STABLE built after several mysterious failed attempts the machine basically runs fine until... I try to Ctrl + Alt + F1 (or any of the F keys) that will now consistently locks up the machine. If I am quick enough with Ctrl + Alt + Backspace or Ctrl + Alt + Del (or ssh from another machine) I can at least get it to reboot without a fsck on startup. Unfortunately, if I am too slow it hangs indefinitely. I have had to just power it off several times now and of course it then complains about / not being unmounted properly etc. etc. Yes, this probably contributes to some of my problems earlier but when I was running make buildworld from single user mode it still crashed and despite all the help I have gotten here I still have not managed to capture a crash dump. So, I am running 5.3-STABLE (from yesterday) and all my ports/packages are up to date and if I forget I cant switch to a terminal while I experiment with fluxbox or KDE I will always lock up the machine. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Rick -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 1/14/2005 ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ctrl + Alt + F1 always locks up 5.3-STABLE machine ( Was Re:5.3-RELEASE crashes during make buildworld (and other problems))
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Rick Updegrove wrote: Rick Updegrove wrote: When I finally got 5.3-STABLE built after several mysterious failed attempts the machine basically runs fine until... I try to Ctrl + Alt + F1 (or any of the F keys) that will now consistently locks up the machine. If I am quick enough with Ctrl + Alt + Backspace or Ctrl + Alt + Del (or ssh from another machine) I can at least get it to reboot without a fsck on startup. Unfortunately, if I am too slow it hangs indefinitely. I have had to just power it off several times now and of course it then complains about / not being unmounted properly etc. etc. Yes, this probably contributes to some of my problems earlier but when I was running make buildworld from single user mode it still crashed and despite all the help I have gotten here I still have not managed to capture a crash dump. So, I am running 5.3-STABLE (from yesterday) and all my ports/packages are up to date and if I forget I cant switch to a terminal while I experiment with fluxbox or KDE I will always lock up the machine. Are you starting xdm, kdm or some other display manager on boot? THere's a race you can lose that will appear to lock up the console if the display manager and getty start up on ttyv0 simultaneously. I usually insert a 5-10s sleep in the display manager startup script to avoid this. -- Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
