Hi Ariane, > Please supply a trace, dmesg and the output of ps (on ddb, type > 'trace' for the trace, and 'ps' for the ps output. > > The uvm_fault is a null-pointer exception. We need the trace and ps to > diagnose where the fault occured.
Below are the trace and the ps. I've typed them, because I couldn't copy and paste them. How do I get a dmesg if I can't start the machine? Boot from an installation CD? ddb{0}> trace fxp_load_ucode() at fxp_load_ucode+0x8a fxp_init() at fxp_init+0x9b fxp_ioctl() at fxp_ioctl+0xeb in6_addmulti() at in6_addmulti+0x1ed in6_joingroup() at in6_joingroup+0x4e in6_update_ifa() at in6_update_ifa+0x5c1 in6_ifattach_linklocal() at in6_ifattach_linklocal+0x113 in6_ifattach() at in6_ifattach+0x104 in6_if_up() at in6_if_up+0x15 if_up() at if_up+0x78 ifioctl() at ifioctl+0xb98 sys_ioctl() at sys_ioctl+0x146 syscall() at syscall+0x248 --- syscall (number 54) --- end trace frame: 0x0, count: -13 acpi_pdirpa+0x405402: ddb{0}> ps PID PPID PGRP UID S FLAGS WAIT COMMAND *20399 7327 7327 0 7 0 dhclient 7327 1 7327 0 3 0x88 pause sh 14 0 0 0 3 0x100200 aiodoned aiodoned 13 0 0 0 3 0x100200 syncer update 12 0 0 0 3 0x100200 cleaner cleaner 11 0 0 0 3 0x100200 reaper reaper 10 0 0 0 3 0x100200 pgdaemon pagedaemon 9 0 0 0 3 0x100200 bored crypto 8 0 0 0 3 0x100200 pftm pfpurge 7 0 0 0 3 0x100200 usbtsk usbtask 6 0 0 0 3 0x100200 usbatsk usbatsk 5 0 0 0 3 0x100200 acpi0 acpi0 4 0 0 0 7 0x40100200 idle1 3 0 0 0 3 0x100200 bored syswq 2 0 0 0 3 0x40100200 idle0 1 0 1 0 3 0x80 wait init 0 -1 0 0 3 0x200 scheduler swapper Kind regards, Martijn Rijkeboer