Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-08-02 Thread ropers
2009/6/26 Jussi Peltola pe...@pelzi.net: memtest86+: it can prove it's broken, but if it doesn't find problems it doesn't guarantee there are none. I've said this before, but I've yet to see faulty RAM whose problems memtest86+ will not detect during a 24hr burn-in test. Sure, I've seen faulty

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-08-02 Thread Mattieu Baptiste
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, ropersrop...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, depending on your circumstances it may be more economical to just chuck the suspect RAM instead of wasting 24 hours. And granted, YMMV. But if anyone has ever seen any faulty RAM whose problems a 24hr burn-in test with

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-08-02 Thread Nick Holland
ropers wrote: 2009/6/26 Jussi Peltola pe...@pelzi.net: memtest86+: it can prove it's broken, but if it doesn't find problems it doesn't guarantee there are none. This is correct. I've said this before, but I've yet to see faulty RAM whose problems memtest86+ will not detect during a 24hr

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-08-01 Thread Comete
across 2 servers I would be shocked :) -Original Message- From: Comete [mailto:com...@daknet.org] Sent: 26 June 2009 13:48 To: Michal Subject: Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable No problem with the PSU and voltage limits. The PSU isn't used at its full capacity

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-08-01 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-08-01, Comete com...@daknet.org wrote: as suggested, i finally changed the RAID controler (Compaq Smart Array 431) with the same device and the firewall still crashes with the same error. I think the idea was probably to change it for a completely different type of device (or for

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Comète
Well i have tested the RAM with memtest, no error. maybe another idea ? Thanks Daniel Gracia Garallar a C)crit : Oh and maybe bad RAM; I've hit some nasty errors with these faulty DIMMs... :/ ComC(te escribiC3: Hi, we are using the last OpenBSD 4.5-stable release on an old Compaq

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Comete
unexplained crash's can be traced back to PSU's quite often -Original Message- From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Comhte Sent: 26 June 2009 12:22 To: Misc OpenBSD Cc: Daniel Gracia Garallar Subject: Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Tobias Ulmer
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 05:23:40PM +0200, Com??te wrote: Hi, we are using the last OpenBSD 4.5-stable release on an old Compaq Proliant ML350 as a firewall with spamd. But we encounter randomly some system crashes (once a week or two weeks). The system always displays the same message:

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Michal
-Original Message- From: Comhte [mailto:com...@daknet.org] Sent: 26 June 2009 16:42 To: Michal Subject: Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable Oh sorry :p How could i test the power supply unit ? Michal a icrit : Other servers?? I don't mean PDU, I mean PSU...the power supply

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Jussi Peltola
But even measuring the ripple with a scope won't guarantee it's OK. Swapping out all of the hardware is sometimes the only way to find out. Same goes for memtest86+: it can prove it's broken, but if it doesn't find problems it doesn't guarantee there are none. -- Jussi Peltola

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Maxim Bourmistrov
knowing how to check this as a simple check on servers -Original Message- From: Comhte [mailto:com...@daknet.org] Sent: 26 June 2009 16:42 To: Michal Subject: Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable Oh sorry :p How could i test the power supply unit ? Michal a icrit

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-06-26, Michal mic...@sharescope.co.uk wrote: Well, you can check the Volt readings in the bios, most will give you a reading, but I am sure there is some BSD software out there sysctl hw.sensors works for some systems. also see sensorsd(8).

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-26 Thread Daniel Gracia Garallar
Can't read that? Custom compiled kernel and cac error speaks by themselves; dirty solution, try other disk controller. Best solution, discard you don't have bad hardware and, if everything is ok, make contact with developers and help searching for a code patch to improve the RAID adapter

random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-25 Thread Comète
Hi, we are using the last OpenBSD 4.5-stable release on an old Compaq Proliant ML350 as a firewall with spamd. But we encounter randomly some system crashes (once a week or two weeks). The system always displays the same message: uvm_fault (0xd080d9e00x0,0,1) - e kernel: page fault trap,

Re: random crashes on a firewall with OpenBSD 4.5-stable

2009-06-25 Thread Daniel Gracia Garallar
Oh and maybe bad RAM; I've hit some nasty errors with these faulty DIMMs... :/ ComC(te escribiC3: Hi, we are using the last OpenBSD 4.5-stable release on an old Compaq Proliant ML350 as a firewall with spamd. But we encounter randomly some system crashes (once a week or two weeks). The