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From: brian@jenera.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Cyrix P166+ on ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 with 64 Meg RAM is unstable
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>Number:         5328
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Cyrix P166+ on ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 with 64 Meg RAM is unstable
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 16 20:30:01 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Thu Apr 30 13:05:57 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Thu Apr 30 13:06:37 PDT 1998
>Originator:     Brian Backland
>Release:        2.2.5-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD dbs.jenera.com 2.2.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Tue Oct 21 14:33:00 GMT 1997     jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
System is stable with other operating systems.  Under FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE
the system is unstable with random problems.  Attempting to start processes
whether during boot or post boot, will cause a core dump of the process.
Processes involved vary from apache 1.3, gettys crashing too fast, cc1 core
dumping with a signal 10, rlogind core dump on signal 11, xbcomp core dump
on signal 10, etc.  Some unique messages log entries are listed below:

Dec 14 14:48:02 mail /kernel: pid 211 (date), uid 0: exited on signal 11
Dec 14 16:25:38 mail /kernel: pid 4459 (cc1), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)
Dec 14 19:27:55 dbs /kernel: pid 209 (rlogind), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Dec 15 21:41:09 dbs /kernel: pid 170 (awk), uid 0: exited on signal 6
Dec 15 21:41:46 dbs /kernel: pid 231 (xkbcomp), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)
Dec 16 00:07:35 dbs /kernel: pid 2194 (gzip), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)
Dec 16 01:18:14 dbs /kernel: pid 7085 (cc1), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)
Dec 16 01:41:24 dbs /kernel: pid 9524 (netscape), uid 1000: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Dec 16 01:45:10 dbs /kernel: pid 172 (httpd), uid 0: exited on signal 10
Dec 16 02:35:12 dbs /kernel: pid 330 (twm), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)
Dec 16 02:47:22 dbs /kernel: pid 317 (grep), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped)

>How-To-Repeat:
Can't reproduce the problem reliably, it just happens when it 
wants to and sometimes it doesn't.... :(
I am going to try 2.2.2-RELEASE to see if that solves the problem.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Brian Backland <brian@jenera.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, brian@jenera.com
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/5328: Cyrix P166+ on ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 with 64 Meg RAM is unstable
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 03:38:40 -0500

 I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 and the system appears to be stable.  
 I have recompiled the kernel, without errors, to match my hardware
 config.  I have installed XFreeBSD and it works well, except the
 distribution for 2.2.2 is broken, so I retrieved the binaries from
 ftp.xfree86.org and installed those.  I guess the next step is to 
 begin installing and compiling the various programs that I need on
 this box.  I will report back with any positive and negative findings.
 
 Regards Brian
 brian@jenera.com
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: phk 
State-Changed-When: Thu Apr 30 13:05:57 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
missing feedback, presumed having a good time. 
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