9.1-PRERELEASE and entering kdb weirdness

Hi, with 8,x an previous, I compile kernel with options KDB options DDB options ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER and so hitting control+alt+escape would enter the debugger on the console, or CR ~ ^b on the serial console. the same config on 9.1, only if

Re: How to debug loader(8)

2012/8/2 Andrey V. Elsukov : > On 02.08.2012 15:30, Sergey Listopad wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have as issue with booting FreeBSD on retro server. >> loader(8) stuck during the boot (more details >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAO_2TxM4_7YpPV9iTXeX6S7w4T1zqiZJa0ewe5KKiusdmNiVnw) >> >> How can I

Re: On cooperative work [Was: Re: newbus' ivar's limitation..]

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> On 8/2/12 9:53 AM, Doug Barton wrote: >>> >>> On 08/02/2012 09:44, Garrett Cooper wrote: The "Watson/Losh connection" worked really well in BSDCan 2010 :). >>> >>> I wasn't g

Re: FreeBSD ZFS source

Oliver and Chris, thanks. 3 aug 2012 kl. 00.19 skrev Oliver Pinter: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/ > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/ > > > On 8/2/12, Fredrik wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Excuse me for this newb question

Re: How to diagnose system freezes?

Adrian writes: > the "cycle over a short period" may not be the driver writing the same > crap to the card. I've seen similar failure modes in windows where > during playback, if the system hangs for whatever reason, the card > plays the last sample over and over in a loop. Ok, that makes sense.  

Re: How to diagnose system freezes?

The way to diagnose this problem is to cut your system back to the bare minimum set of options/modules and see if it still hangs. That means no sound, no graphics/video, USB if you don't have any other option. Then add each device at a time until it starts to misbehave. You could try say, disabl