Stefan Sperling <s...@openbsd.org> writes: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 06:05:10PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: >> hi there, >> >> since a couple of snapshosts back i can quite reliably >> freeze my openbsd notebook simply by leaving it on >> overnight. the desktop is there, all the open windows >> are there, but it has become a painting... >> nothing in the logs, no panic, nothing. > > Sounds like you're in X while the kernel panics. The system is probably > in ddb but you cannot see the ddb prompt since you're in X. > > Can you leave the screen switched to the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) > over night and check whether a ddb prompt shows up in the morning?
Tip: if your system only freezes while you have X on screen, you can generally go back to ttyC0 and even if the display isn't refreshed, blindly type at the ddb prompt. In that case, crash(8) will help. -- Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas GPG Key fingerprint: 61DB D9A0 00A4 67CF 2A90 8961 6191 8FBF 06A1 1494
