Re: A stuck system

Luigi Rizzo wrote:
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:35:05AM -0500, Randall Stewart wrote:

All:

Ok my P4D machine is sitting hung... its in that
state I mentioned previously.

It will not respond to network input on the em0 card... i.e.
it won't answer pings..

I have not tried the new msk0 device... its not configured up :-(

Now, I know from past experience if I hit any key... it will
start up again.. give out various warnings and timeouts.. sometimes
a "clock ran backwards".. possibly.. and then
start working fine again..

Is there anything I can try to get some information so we can
figure whats going on...

It could be a hardware problem... don't know... but
it might not be.. it does look like a lost interupt... but
thats just a stab in the dark guess..


could you try putting a second network card in the box ?

if you suspect it is only the 'em' card that is stuck
a second one might give you some hints on what is going on.

or plug in some usb device and see if there is any daemon
responding to the event, etc.

cheers
luigi

Ahh.. great Idea.. I do have a second motherboard e-net card
(msk0).. that I have the driver loaded.. but just have
not gotten around to enabling..

But of course thats hind site..

Let me try my USB device.. I have one of those USB-Keys that
I use in meetings that work with FreeBSD.. let me see if that
"revives" the system.. if so then I can get in and configure up
the second network :-)

drat.. idiot that I am... I moved the chasy and knocked the
power cable out..

Ok I will reboot and this time before running the test that
will lock it up.. I will enable the network too.. so I will
have two things to try..

It will take me a few hours to hit the condition again...

I will get back to you with results...sigh..

R

--
Randall Stewart
NSSTG - Cisco Systems Inc.
803-345-0369 <or> 803-317-4952 (cell)
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