Random panics on FreeeBSD 6.0

[Matthew Navarre]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Matthew Navarre wrote:

>
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 7:17 PM, Micah wrote:
>
>> Matthew Navarre wrote:
>>> I've got an AMD Sempron machine running FreeBSD 6.0 that's been  
>>> experiencing random panics while trying to build world. In fact  
>>> it just paniced now, with no activity.
>>> The panic message is TPTE at 0xbfc20624 IS ZERO @ VA 08100000
>>> bad pte
>>> This started last night while I was portupgrading ruby and I got  
>>> random apps segfaulting, mostly gcc, so I suspected bad memory. I  
>>> installed new memory today, tried to buildworld. And *BAM* panic:  
>>> bad pte
>>> I'm still guessing that this is a hardware problem, and not  
>>> software but I'm not sure. If anyone can give me a clue I'd  
>>> appreciate it.
>>> Machine details:
>>> AMD Sempron
>>> ECS K8M800-M2 mainboard
>>> 1 GB Kingston PC-3200.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Matt
>>
>> First, a quick Google of "bad pte" turns up some ideas. Try  
>> disabling or changing APIC and/or ACPI settings.  Make sure your  
>> swap partition is error free and has enough room.  Google a bit  
>> more just on the lists.freebsd.org site for several possibilities.
>
> Yeah, I was wondering if it might be something in the BIOS  
> settings. I'll google around and see what I find. I don't know if  
> the first panic was a bad pte error since the machine was running  
> headless.
>
>>
>> For hardware, you can try memtest86+ to check to make sure the new  
>> memory is good. There are other stress tests you can run as well -  
>> I usually use the ultimate boot CD for that stuff. Other possible  
>> problems are faulty or too small power supply; too much heat on  
>> CPU, RAM, or expansion boards; faulty expansion cards and/or  
>> components; or faulty hard drive.
>
> I kinda wondered if heat might be an issue, since it was kind of  
> tucked away in a spot with bad airflow. I'll try the memtest thing.  
> Is there a way to get the CPU temp in FreeBSD?
>
> Meh. let's see if this thing'll actually compile...\

  Gahhh!
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest86
# sudo make install
*snip*

* Usage:
*
* 1) Insert blank floppy
* 2) dd if=/usr/local/share/memtest86/floppy.bin of=/dev/fd0
* 3) Boot the floppy

which would be all well and good if this machine actually had a  
damned floppy drive.

C'mon kids. Let's catch up to the late 90's....

*BAM*
savecore: writing core to vmcore.5

*HATE*