Debugging reboot with Linux emulation

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting "Nate Eldredge" <neldredge at math.ucsd.edu> (from Tue, 12 Aug  
2008 23:52:35 -0700 (PDT)):

> Hi folks,
>
> I recently tried to run a Linux binary of Maple (commercial math  
> software) on my FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE/amd64 box, and the machine  
> rebooted.  I tried it again while watching the console, and no panic  
> message appeared to be produced.  Does anyone have any ideas on how  
> to debug problems of this nature?  I realize I may not be able to  
> get Maple to work, but in any case the system should not die like  
> this, so I can at least try to fix that bug.
>
> Incidentally, is it possible to run kdb with a USB keyboard?   
> Hitting Ctrl-Alt-Esc gives me the kdb prompt, but I can't type, so I  
> can do nothing except hit the power button.  I do have  
> hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" in /boot/device.hints.  Unfortunately I  
> don't have a PS/2 keyboard on hand, though I can try and get a hold  
> of one if all else fails.

A guess out of my cristallball:
That's one of the cases which happen if you run a linux program  
without branding it as a linux program first. People tend to think it  
is not needed, but in some rare circumstances it just causes what you  
see, a reboot. So go and identify all binaries (IMPORTANT: but not the  
libraries!), e.g. with the file(1), and use "brandelf -t Linux" on  
those programs.

Bye,
Alexander.

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